Bessus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Bessus, i, m.

I A Bessian; v. Bessi. —

II Βῆσσος, a viceroy of Bactria , the murderer of Darius Codomannus , Curt. 5, 8, 4; 5, 9, 2; Just. 12, 5, 10.