Saguntus

Săguntum, i, n., and Săguntus ( -os ), i, f., = Sagounton, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the Mediterranean, beyond the Iberus, the besieging and reduction of which by Hannibal led to the breaking out of the second Punic war; now Murviedro. — Neutr., Liv. 21, 7; 21, 18; Luc. 3, 350.— Fem., Mel. 2, 6, 6; Liv. 21, 19; Stat. S. 4, 6, 83; Juv. 15, 114; Flor. 2, 6, 3 al.; cf.:

Graia Saguntos,

Sil. 3, 178.—Doubtful form, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 27; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; Liv. 21, 10; Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 216 et saep. —Hence, Săguntīnus ( Săguntĭus, Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 22), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saguntum, Saguntine:

ficus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 1: id. ap. Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 72:

lutum (from which utensils were made),

Mart. 8, 6, 2; 14, 108; cf.

lagena,

Juv. 5, 29:

clades,

Liv. 21, 19 fin.:

rabies,

id. 31, 17:

ignis,

Flor. 2, 6, 9 et saep.—Subst., in plur.: Săguntīni, ōrum, m., the people of Saguntum, the Saguntines, Liv. 21, 2; 21, 6 sq.; Auct. B. Hisp. 8; Front. Strat. 3, 10, 4.