Ĕdessa, ae, f., = Ἔδεσσα.
I A city of Macedonia , the burial-place of the kings , Liv. 45, 29; Just. 7, 1, 7.
II —Hence, Edessaeus , a, um, adj., of Edessa : Antiphilus (dux), Liv. 42, 51.—
II A city of Mesopotamia , in the province of Osrhoëne, now Rhoa or Orfa , Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86; Tac. A. 12, 12; Amm. 20, 11, 4; 21, 7, 7; and where Caracalla died, Aur. Vict. Epit. 21; Eutr. 8, 11.
IV —Hence, Edessēnus , a, um, adj., of Edessa : sepulcra, Amm. 18, 7.