Bistŏnes, um, m., = Βίστονες,
I the Bistones , a Thracian people south of Mount Rhodope , not far from Abdera , Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 42.—In the poets,
B In gen., for the Thracians , Luc. 7, 569; acc. Bistonas, Val. Fl. 3, 83; Sil. 2, 76.—
II Derivv.
A Bistŏnĭus , a, um, adj., = Βιστόνιος, pertaining to the Bistones.
1 Bistonian : plăgae. Lucr. 5, 30.—
2 In gen., Thracian : rupes, Prop. 2 (3), 30, 36: viri, the Thracians , Ov. M. 13, 430: aqua, id. H. 2, 90: sarissae, id. P. 1, 3, 59: Minerva (as goddess of the warlike Thracians), id. Ib. 377: Tereus, Verg. Cul. 251: tyrannus, i. e. the Thracian king Diomedes , Luc. 2, 163: aves, i. e. grues, id. 3, 200: turbo, i. e. a violent north wind , id. 4, 767: ensis Tydei, Stat. Th. 2, 586: chelys, the lyre of the Thracian Orpheus , Claud. Rapt. Pros. praef. 2, 8 al.—Subst.: Bistŏ-nĭa , ae, f., = Βιστονια, Thrace : Bistoniae magnus alumnus, i. e. Orpheus , Val. Fl. 3, 159.—
B Bistŏnis , ĭdis, adj. f. , = Βιστονίς, pertaining to the Bistones , for Thracian : ora. Ov. H. 15 (16), 344: terra, id. P. 2, 9, 54: ales i. e. Procne , wife of the Thracian king Tereus , Sen. Agam. 670.—
2 Subst., a Thracian woman : Bistonidum crines, of the Thracian Bacchantes , Hor. C. 2, 19, 20; so Verg. Cir. 164, ubi v. Sillig.