Sora
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.—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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Sōra,¹² æ, f., ville du Latium : Liv. 7, 28, 6 ; Plin. 3, 63 || -nus, a, um, de Sora : Cic. de Or. 3, 43.
Latin > German (Georges)
Sōra, ae, f., die nördlichste Stadt der Volsker in Latium am rechten Ufer des Liris, von den Römern kolonisiert, noch jetzt Sora, Liv. 7, 28, 6; 10, 1, 1 sq. Sil. 8, 394. Iuven. 3, 223. – Dav. Sōrānus, a, um, soranisch, aus Sora, ager, Liv.: legio I III, Inscr.: augur (spottweise wegen des Aberglaubens der Soraner), Cic.
