noun

Ēdōni

gen. ōrum · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

a people of Thrace; east of the Strymon •

a people of Thrace, east of the Strymon, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 40; celebrated as worshippers of Bacchus, Hor. C. 2, 7, 27, v. Bacchus.—Derivv.,

Edonic

ēdōnus, a, um, adj., Edonic.

Edoni populi = Edoni, Sol. 9, § 1.—

Thracian poetic ••

Esp., poet. for Thracian: Boreae, Verg. A. 12, 365; cf. venti, Val. Fl. 6, 340: hiemes, Stat. Th. 5, 78: juga, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 42: currus, Stat. Th. 12, 733: Bacchus, Ov. R. Am. 593.—

a spur of the Pangaeus range; in southeastern Thrace

As subst.: ēdōnus, i, m., = Ἠδωνός, a spur of the Pangaeus range, in southeastern Thrace, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50; also called Edon, Serv. Verg. A. 12, 365.—

Edonic; Thracian; a Bacchante •

ēdō-nis (Edŏnis, Sil. 4, 778 Drak.; Luc. 1, 675), idis, f., Edonic, Thracian: matres, Ov. M. 11, 69.—Subst., a Bacchante, Prop. 1, 3, 5; Sil. l. l.; Luc. l. l.

Perseus ID: n15166 Key: Edoni