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Ēdōni , ōrum, m., = Ἠδωνοί,
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.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.69
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.365
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.675
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.40
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.50
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.340
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.1
    • Statius, Thebias, 12
    • Statius, Thebias, 5
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