I.a savage and marauding people in the north-eastern part of Thrace, about the Hœmus mountains, and in the vicinity of the Hebrus, Veg. Mil. 2, 11; 4, 24; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 40; Cic. Pis. 34, 84; Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 5; 4, 1, 67; Suet. Aug. 3; Isid. Orig. 9, 2, 91.—Sing.: Bessus , i, m., Inscr. Orell. 3548; 3552.—Hence, Bessĭcus , a, um, adj., of the Bessi: “gens,” Cic. Pis. 34, 84.
Bessi , ōrum, m., = Βέσσοι, Strab.; Βησσοί, Herod.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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