Bessi, ōrum, m., = Βέσσοι, Strab.; Βησσοί, Herod.,
I a savage and marauding people in the north-eastern part of Thrace , about the Haemus 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.
II —Hence, Bessĭcus , a, um, adj., of the Bessi : gens, Cic. Pis. 34, 84.