Rhŏdŏpē, ēs, f., = Ῥοδόπη.
- I. A mountain range in Thrace, a part of the Hæmus, now Despoto Dagh, Mel. 2, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 351; Ov. M. 2, 222; 10, 77.
Acc. to the myth, originally a man, Ov. M. 6, 87 sq.
- II. Meton., Thrace, Verg. E. 6, 30; Stat. Th. 12, 181.
Hence,
- A. Rhŏdŏ-pēĭus, a, um, adj., Rhodopean, for Thracian: arces, Verg. G. 4, 461: regna, i. e. Thrace, Ov. Ib. 347: vates, i. e. Orpheus, id. M. 10, 11; also called heros, id. ib. 10, 50: spicula, Sil. 12, 400: saxa, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 113: flumina, id. IV. Cons. Hon. 526: conjux, i. e. Progne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Stat. Th. 5, 121.
- B. Rhŏdŏ-pēus, a, um, adj., Thracian: saxa, Luc. 6, 618.