Edessa
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ĕdessa: ae, f., = Ἔδεσσα.
I A city of Macedonia, the burial-place of the kings, Liv. 45, 29; Just. 7, 1, 7.—Hence, Edes-saeus, 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. —Hence, Edessēnus, a, um, adj., of Edessa: sepulcra, Amm. 18, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ĕdessa,¹⁶ æ, f. (Ἔδεσσα), Édesse [ville de Macédoine, appelée postérieurement Ægæ) : Liv. 45, 29 ; Just. 7, 1, 7 || ville de l’Osroène : Tac. Ann. 12, 12 || -æus (-ēnus), a, um, d’Édesse [les deux villes de ce nom] : Liv. 42, 51 ; Amm. 18, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
Edessa, ae, f. (Ἔδεσσα), I) Stadt in Mazedonien, Residenz der ältern mazed. Könige am Flusse Ludias u. an der Via Egnatia, j. Vodhena od. Vodina, Liv. 45, 29, 9 u. 30, 5. Iustin. 7, 1, 7. – Dav. Edessaeus, a, um (Ἔδεσσαιος), aus Edessa, Antiphilus, Liv. 42, 51, 5. – II) (auch Hedessa geschr.) Hauptstadt der Provinz Oshroëne (in Mesopotamien) und des oshroënischen Reichs, j. Orrhoa od. Orfa, Plin. 4, 86. Tac. ann. 12, 12. Amm. 20, 11, 4 u. 21, 7, 7: Sterbeort des Karakalla, Aur. Vict. epit. 21, 6. Eutr. 8, 11. Spart. Carac. 6, 6 u. 7, 1. – Dav. Edessēnus, a, um (Εδεσσηνός), aus od. zu Edessa, sepulcra, Amm. 18, 7. § 7: ecclesia, Hieron. de vir. ill. 115.
