I.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., = Ἠδωνός, 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.
