Orontius is a name of

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

origin. It can refer to: ''People'' *Marcellus Orontius, a

disciple of Plotinus The following is a list of students of Plotinus. The philosopher Plotinus was the founder of a tradition later known as Neoplatonism. Porphyry Porphyry, the most important of Plotinus's pupils, was born in Tyre c. 233. He was taught first by ...

* Orontius of Lecce, or Oronzo, saint * Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (d. 305 AD), saints * Orontius Finnaeus (Oronce Finé) (1494-1555), French cartographer and mathematician ''Places'' *

Orontius (crater) Orontius is a lunar impact crater that lies in the heavily cratered southern highlands of the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive rela ...

, on the Moon, named after Orontius Finnaeus

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