Saso

Sāso (Sāson), ōnis, f., = Σάσων, Σάσω,

• a small island near the promontory Acroceraunia, on the coast of Illyria, now Saseno, Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152; Luc. 2, 627; 5, 650; Sil. 7, 480.

Sāso u. Sāsōn, ōnis, Akk. ōna, m. (Σάσων, Σασώ), eine kleine Insel vor der illyrischen Küste, dem Vorgebirge Acroceraunium nördl. gegenüber, noch j. Saseno, Plin. 3, 152. Itin. Anton. 489, 1 u. 4 520, 3 (Nom. Saso). Lucan. 2, 627 (Calaber Sason); 5, 650 (Akk. Sasona). Sil. 7, 480.

SASO

SASO(Σασώ, Ptol. 3.13.47; Σασών, Strab. 6. p. 281), a small, rocky island, lying off the coast of Grecian Illyria, N. of the Acroceraunian promontory, and possessing a landing-place which served as a station for pirates. (Comp. Plb. 5.110; Mela, 2.7; Plin. Nat. 3.26. s. 30; Itin. Ant. p. 489.) It is still called Saseno, Sassono, or Sassa.

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Saso

or Sasōnis Insŭla. Now Saseno, Sassono, Sassa. A small rocky island off the coast of Illyria, north of the Acroceraunian promontory, much frequented by pirates (Pliny H. N. iii. 152).