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Saguntum

Saguntum is a Latin form of Saguntus, meaning “Saguntum, Spanish city besieged by Hannibal”. It is the genitive plural feminine noun or accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 6.6: … ; nam si esset, non commisisset ut ei senatus tamquam Hannibali initio belli Punici denuntiaret ne oppugnaret Saguntum. quod vero ita avocatur a Mutina ut ab urbe tamquam pestifera flamma arceatur, quam habet ignominiam, quod iu …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.