Sora

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Sōra, ae, f.,

I the northernmost city of the Volsci in Latium , near Arpinum , on the Liris , still called Sora , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; Liv. 7, 28; 9, 23 sq.; 10, 1; Vell. 1, 14, 5; Sil. 8, 396; Juv. 3, 223.

II —Hence, Sōrānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sora , Soran : ager, Liv. 10, 14: transfuga, from Sora , id. 9, 24: Q. Varerius Soranus, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 43; id. Brut. 46, 169: augur (jestingly, on account of the superstitious character of the Sorans), id. Div. 1, 47: COLONIA, i. e. Sora ( as a Roman colony ), Inscr. Orell. 3681.

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