Saetabis

Saetăbis (Sēt-), is, f.,

• a town of Hispania Tarraconensis, celebrated for its flax (now Jativa), Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; Sil. 3, 374; Mel. 2, 6.—Hence,
• • A Saetăbĭtāni (Sēt-), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Saetabis, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25.—
  • B Saetăbus (Sēt-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Saetabis: sudaria, Cat. 12, 14.

Saetabis, is, f., Stadt im tarrak. Hispanien, berühmt durch Flachs u. feine Gewebe, j. Jativa, Plin. 19, 9. Sil. 3, 374. Gratt. cyn. 41. Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3625. – Dav.: A) Saetabitānus, a, um, sätabitanisch, aus Sätabis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 16247: Plur. subst., Saetabitāni, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Sätabis, die Sätabitaner, Plin. 3, 25. – B) Saetabus, a, um, sätabisch, Saetabum sudarium, Catull. 25, 7: Saetaba sudaria, Catull. 12, 14; u. bl. Saetaba, Plin. nat. hist. praef. § 1.

Sætăbis, is, f. , ville de la Tarraconnaise : Plin. 19, 9 || -bĭtānī, ōrum, m. , habitants de Sétabis : Plin. 3, 25 || -bus, a, um, de Sétabis : Catul. 12, 14.

SAETABIS

SAETABIS, SETABIS, or SAETABI (Σαίταβις, Strab. 3. p. 160), a town of the Contestani in Hispania Tarraconensis. It was a Roman municilpium in the jurisdiction of Carthago (Murat. Inscr. 2. p. 1183. 6), and had the surname of Augustanorum. (Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4.) It lay upon an eminence (Sil. Ital.) to the S. of the Sucro, and was famed for its flax and linen manufacture. (Plin. Nat. 19.2. s. 1; Catull. 12.14, &c.) Now Jativa. (Cf. Laborde, Itin. 1. p. 266; Marca, Hisp. 2.6. p. 118.)

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SAETABIS

SAE´TABIS (Σαιταβίς, Ptol. 2.6.14), a river S. of the Sucro in the territory of the Contestani, on the E. coast of Hispania Tarraconensis. Most probably the Alcoy. (Ukert, ii. pt. 1. p. 294.)

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Saetăbis

(1) Now Alcoy; a river on the southern coast of Hispania Tarraconensis, west of the Sucro.

(2) Or Setăbis (Jativa), an important town of the Contestani, in Hispania Tarraconensis, and a Roman municipium, was situated on a hill south of the Sucro, and was celebrated for its manufacture of linen.