Saxetanum

Saxētānum, ī, n., Stadt an der südöstl. Küste von Hispania Baetica, j. Motril, Itin. Anton. 405, 3. – Dav. Saxētānus, a, um, saxetanisch, lacerti, Mart. 7, 78, 1: u. Sexītānus, a, um (weil die Stadt auch Sex. hieß), sexitanisch, colias, Plin. 32, 146.

Saxētānum, ī, n. , ville de la Bétique : Anton. 405, 3 || -ētānus, a, um, Mart. 7, 78, 1, et -ītānus, a, um, Plin. 32, 146, de Saxetanum.

SAXETANUM

SAXETANUMa place in Hispania Baetica ( Itin. Ant. p. 405), called Sex (Σέξ) by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.4.7), Hexi by Mela (2.6), and by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 3.3) Sexti Firmum Julium. It is the Ἑξιτανῶν πόλιςof Strabo (3. p. 156). On the name see Casaubon ( ad Strab. 1. p. 50), and Tzschuck (ad Melam, vol. ii. pt. 2. p. 447). It was renowned for its salt-fish. (Strab, 3. p. 156; Athen. 3. p. 121; Plin. Nat. 32.11. s. 53; Mart. 7.78, &c.) Now most probably Motril. (Cf. Florez, Esp. Sagr. 12. p. 101.)

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