Santŏni — Lewis & Short
Santŏni, ōrum (collat. form Santŏ-nes, m.,
Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108 (Jahn, Santoni); cf. in sing., Santo, acc. to Prob. II., p. 1450 P.),I a people of Aquitania, about the mouth of the Garumna, opposite to Burdigala, now Saintes, in the Départ. Charente Inférieure:
Santones,Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.:
Santonis,id. ib. 3, 11 fin.; 7, 75, 3; Mel. 3, 2, 7; Tac. A. 6, 7; Aus. Ep. 11 fin.—Gen. Santonum, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10:
Santonorum,Aus. Ep. 15, 11.—In sing.: Santŏnus, Luc. 1, 422 Corte; Aus. Ep. 24, 79.—Hence, Santŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Santoni, Santonian:
Oceanus,Tib. 1, 7, 10 (Müll. Sanctonicus); cf.
salum,Aus. Ep. 9, 31:
aestus,id. Idyll. 10, 463:
campi,id. Ep. 14, 2:
tellus,id. Parent 21, 7: urbs, i. e. their capital, Mediolanum, id. Ep. 8, 3:
bardocucullus,Mart. 14, 128:
cucullus,Juv. 8, 145:
absinthium,Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 45;
also called virga,Mart. 9, 95, 1;
and, herba,Scrib. Comp. 141.