Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

, Soranus is an adjectival

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage, and types. ''Toponym'' is the general term for ...

indicating origin from the town of Sora.

Name

The name Soranus may refer to: *

Soranus of Ephesus Soranus of Ephesus (; 1st/2nd century AD) was a Ancient Greek medicine, Greek physician. He was born in Ephesus but practiced in Alexandria and subsequently in Rome, and was one of the chief representatives of the Methodic school of medicine. Se ...

, Greek physician and medical writer * Soranus (mythology), a god adopted by the ancient Romans *

Quintus Valerius Soranus Quintus Valerius Soranus (born between c. 140–130 BC, died 82 BC) was a Latin poet, grammarian, and tribune of the people in the Late Roman Republic. He was executed in 82 BC while Sulla was dictator, ostensibly for violating a religious prohib ...

, Roman author and tribune, ostensibly executed for revealing the arcane name of Rome * Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus, Roman consul in 34 AD * Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus, Roman consul in 52 AD and son of the consul of 34 AD

Pen-name

* Soranus was used as a pen-name by

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

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