Thermōdon, ontis, m., = Θερμώδων,
I a river of Pontus , on which dwelt the Amazons , now Termeh Tchai , Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 3, 4, § 10; Verg. A. 11, 659; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 71; Ov. M. 2, 249; id. P. 4, 10, 51; Sil. 8, 432; Just. 2, 4, 2.—Hence,
A Thermōdon-tēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Thermodon , Thermodontean; poet. for Amazonian : agri, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14 (Müll. Thermodontiacis).—
B Thermōdontĭ-ăcus , a, um, adj., the same: turmae, Stat. S. 1, 6, 56: bipennis, i. e. of Penthesilea , the queen of the Amazons , Ov. M. 12, 611; cf. securis, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 66: aurum, of Hippolyte , Ov. M. 9, 189.—
C Thermō-dontĭus , a, um, adj., the same: ripae, Sen. Med. 215: hostis, id. Herc. Oet. 21.