Sucro
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Sucronem Proper-name noun: masculine accusative singular of Sucro
- A river of Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Xucar, Mel. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 20.—
- II A town at the mouth of this river, now Sueca, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 20; Liv. 28, 24; 28, 26; 28, 29; Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 1; Flor. 3, 22, 7. — Hence, Sucrō-nensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Sucro: proelium, Cic. Balb. 2: sinus, Mel. 2, 6, 7; 2, 7, 21.—
- III An island near the coast of Spain, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76.—
- IV The name of a Rutulian, Verg. A. 12, 505.
SUCRO (Σούκρων, Ptol. 2.6.14), a river of Hispania Tarraconensis, which rose in the country of the Celtiberi in a S. offshoot of Mount Idubeda, and after a considerable bend to the SE. discharged itself in the Sucronensis Sinus, to the S. of Valentia. (Strab. iii. pp. 158, 159, 163, 167; Mela,2.6 Plin, 3.3. ss. 4, 5, 11.) Now the Xucar.
[T.H.D](1) Now Xucar; a river in Hispania Tarraconensis, rising in a southern branch of Mount Idubeda in the territory of the Celtiberi, and falling south of Valentia into a gulf of the Mediterranean called after it Sinus Sucronensis (Gulf of Valencia).
(2) Now Cullera; a town of the Edetani in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the preceding river, and between the Iberus and Carthago Nova.