Edoni

English

Noun

Edoni pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A Thracian people who dwelt mostly between the Nestus and the Strymon rivers in southern Thrace, but also once dwelt west of the Strymon at least as far as the Axios.

   Synonyms: Edones, Edonides

Anagrams

• Denio, Dione, dione, inode, on-die

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠδωνοί (Ēdōnoí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈdoː.niː/, [eːˈd̪oːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdo.ni/, [eˈd̪ɔːni]

Proper noun

Ēdōnī m pl (genitive Ēdōnōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Thrace, situated west of the river Strymon

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Ēdōnī
Genitive	Ēdōnōrum
Dative	Ēdōnīs
Accusative	Ēdōnōs
Ablative	Ēdōnīs
Vocative	Ēdōnī

Related terms

• Ēdōnus
• Ēdōnis

References

• “Edoni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Edoni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Edones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly