Ἐσσηνός

Notes

1. Differently accented from the genitive of epsilon 3131 (q.v.).
   For the Essenes, members of ascetic Jewish religious communities described by Josephus and others, see epsilon 3123 and OCD(4) s.v. But the present entry, unparalleled in other lexica, is obscure and (seemingly) uncomprehending. Perhaps (CR) the headword is a truncation of *)edesshno/s "Edessene", for which see epsilon 208.