Amphisciin.

Brit.

/amˈfɪʃɪʌɪ/, U.S.

/æmˈ(p)fɪʃiˌaɪ/

Forms: 1500s Amphiscij, 1600s– Amphiscii. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Amphiscii.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Amphiscii (plural) inhabitants of the tropics (4th cent.; 13th cent. in a British source) < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίσκιοι , plural < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + σκία shadow (see scio- comb. form). Compare Periscii n. and Antiscii n.

Now rare and chiefly historical.

With plural agreement. Inhabitants or natives of the tropics. Cf. Amphiscian n.

ΚΠ

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 68 Of the diuersitie of shadowes, ther ar .iij. diuers distinct habitations of people found,..Amphiscij, Heteroscij, Periscij, & we want apt English termes for them.

1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 9 Amphiscii..so called, because their shadowes tend both wayes.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. vii. 657 In making observations in Jamaica, (where the inhabitants are amphiscii) regard should be had to the sun's station.

1854 W. Hamilton in W. Hamilton & H. C. Falconer tr. Strabo Geogr. I. ii. 203 Of those people for whom each revolution of the earth produces a day and a night, the sun being carried first over, then under, the earth, some are denominated amphiscii, others heteroscii.

1961 J. J. Savage tr. St Ambrose Hexameron, Paradise, & Cain & Abel iv. v. 147 In the south there is report of a people who are called ‘Amphiscii’ because they cast a shadow on each side.

2005 M. Leggott Milk & Honey 21 Both-shadows amphiscii the load Shifts and the eyes skip..Over the great ocean of Kiwa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amphiscii
释义	Amphisciin. Brit. /amˈfɪʃɪʌɪ/, U.S. /æmˈ(p)fɪʃiˌaɪ/ Forms: 1500s Amphiscij, 1600s– Amphiscii. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Amphiscii. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Amphiscii (plural) inhabitants of the tropics (4th cent.; 13th cent. in a British source) < Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕίσκιοι , plural < ancient Greek ἀμϕι- amphi- prefix + σκία shadow (see scio- comb. form). Compare Periscii n. and Antiscii n. Now rare and chiefly historical. With plural agreement. Inhabitants or natives of the tropics. Cf. Amphiscian n. ΚΠ 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 68 Of the diuersitie of shadowes, ther ar .iij. diuers distinct habitations of people found,..Amphiscij, Heteroscij, Periscij, & we want apt English termes for them. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 9 Amphiscii..so called, because their shadowes tend both wayes. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. vii. 657 In making observations in Jamaica, (where the inhabitants are amphiscii) regard should be had to the sun's station. 1854 W. Hamilton in W. Hamilton & H. C. Falconer tr. Strabo Geogr. I. ii. 203 Of those people for whom each revolution of the earth produces a day and a night, the sun being carried first over, then under, the earth, some are denominated amphiscii, others heteroscii. 1961 J. J. Savage tr. St Ambrose Hexameron, Paradise, & Cain & Abel iv. v. 147 In the south there is report of a people who are called ‘Amphiscii’ because they cast a shadow on each side. 2005 M. Leggott Milk & Honey 21 Both-shadows amphiscii the load Shifts and the eyes skip..Over the great ocean of Kiwa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1559
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