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.
