Odrysae

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

Odrysae, ārum, m., = Ὀδρύσαι,

I a people of Thrace , on the Hebrus , now Rumili , Liv. 39, 53; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—Written Odrŭsae , Tac. A. 3, 38.—Hence,

II Odrysĭus , a, um, adj., Odrysian , poet. for Thracian : rex, Ov. M. 6, 490: tyrannus, i. e. Tereus , id. R. Am. 459: dux, i. e. Rhesus , id. A. A. 2, 130: domus, i. e. of Tereus , king of Thrace , Sen. Thyest. 273: carmen, of Orpheus , Val. Fl. 5, 440.—Subst.: Odrysĭus , ii, m., the Odrysian , Thracian , i. e. Orpheus , Val. Fl. 5, 100.—In plur.: Odrysii , ōrum, m., Odrysians , Thracians , Ov. P. 1, 8, 15.

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