Ēdōni, ōrum, m., = Ἠδωνοί, a people of Thrace, east of the Strymon, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 40; celebrated as worshippers of Bacchus, Hor. C. 2, 7, 27, v. Bacchus.

—Derivv., Ēdōnus, a, um, adj., Edonic. Edoni populi = Edoni, Sol. 9, § 1.

— Esp., poet. for Thracian: Boreae, Verg. A. 12, 365; cf. venti, Val. Fl. 6, 340: hiemes, Stat. Th. 5, 78: juga, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 42: currus, Stat. Th. 12, 733: Bacchus, Ov. R. Am. 593.

— As subst.: Ēdōnus, i, m., = Ἠδωνός, a spur of the Pangaeus range, in southeastern Thrace, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50; also called Edon, Serv. Verg. A. 12, 365.

— Ēdō-nis (Edonis, Sil. 4, 778 Drak.; Luc. 1, 675), idis, f., Edonic, Thracian: matres, Ov. M. 11, 69.

—Subst., a Bacchante, Prop. 1, 3, 5; Sil. l. l.; Luc. l. l.