Sōracte (Sauracte), is, n. [Sanscr. svar, heaven; cf.: serenus, 2. Soranus],
a high mountain in Etruria , on which was a temple of Apollo , now Monte S. Oreste , Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 3; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207; Hor. C. 1, 9, 2; Verg. A. 7, 696; 11, 785; Sil. 7, 662; 8, 494 al.— Masc. collat. form: ad montem Soractem, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 19.