Edonus

Ēdōni, ōrum, m., = Êdônoi, 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.,

A.

Ēdōnus, a, um, adj., Edonic.

1.

Edoni populi = Edoni, Sol. 9, § 1.—

2.

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.—

3.

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

B.

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.