Edessaeus

Edessa, ae, f., = Edessa.

I.

A city of Macedonia, the burial-place of the kings, Liv. 45, 29; Just. 7, 1, 7.—Hence, Edes-saeus, a, um, adj., of Edessa:

Antiphilus (dux),

Liv. 42, 51.—

II.

A city of Mesopotamia, in the province of Osrhoëne, now Rhoa or Orfa, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; Tac. A. 12, 12; Amm. 20, 11, 4; 21, 7, 7;

and where Caracalla died,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 21; Eutr. 8, 11. —Hence, Edessēnus, a, um, adj., of Edessa:

sepulcra,

Amm. 18, 7.