[145] Dionysius Halicarnass. Antiq. Rom. l. 4. p. 246. St. Austin supposes the name to have been Sanctus. Sabini etiam Regem suum primum Sancum, sive, ut aliqui appellant, Sanctum, retulerunt inter deos. Augustinus de Civitate Dei. l. 18. c. 19. The name was not of Roman original; but far prior to Rome.
[146] Gruter. Inscript. vol. 1. p. 96. n. 6.
Semoni Sanco Deo Fidio. n. 5.
Sanco Fidio Semo Patri. n. 7
Sanco Deo Patr. Reatin. sacrum. n. 8.
From San came the Latine terms, sanus, sano, sanctus, sancire.
Vossius derives San, or Zan, from
שנד
, sævire. De Idol. l. 1. c. 22. p. 168.
[147] Macrobii Saturn. l. 3. c. 8. p. 282.