Sciapodesn.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈapədiːz/, U.S.

/saɪˈæpəˌdiz/

Forms: 1500s Siopodes, 1500s–1700s 1900s– Sciapodes, 1800s– Skiapodes Brit.

/skiːˈapədiːz/, U.S.

/skiˈæpəˌdiz/.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French sciapodes; Latin Sciāpodes.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French sciapodes (1558 in the passage translated in quot. 1568), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Sciāpodes, plural (Pliny) < ancient Greek Σκιάποδες , plural < σκιά shadow (see scio- comb. form) + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form). Compare later sciapod n.

Classical Mythology.

With plural agreement. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a single leg ending in a foot of immense size with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun. Cf. monopod n. 1.The Sciapodes are variously placed in Africa and India by classical and later authors.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > miscellaneous (types of)

walkyrieeOE

woodwosea1100

mugglingc1275

Sciapodes1568

Arimasp1579

acephali1600

hyperborean1601

Arimaspian1667

golem1732

Lorelei1878

menehune1895

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > one-footed > race of

Sciapodes1568

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xxii. f. 36 There are people..hauing but one foote but of such a bredth, that therewith they may shadowe them selues against the heate of the Sunne, and they call them Monomeres, Monosceles, and Sciapodes [Fr. sciapodes].

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius f. 267 Seeing that the very poreblinde do see it,..yea wherewith the Siopodes [L. sciopodis] are so well acquainted also:..that it is merueile that any man could be so shameles to deny it to be true.

1652 T. Vaughan Fame & Confession Rosie Cross Pref. sig. b5 In the Rear of this strange Beast [sc. the manticore] march the Pygmies, the Sciapodes, and the Macrocephali.

1670 J. Ogilby Africa 4 The Sciapodes, who are wondrous swift, hopping on one Leg, and lying down on their Backs, make their single Foot an Umbrel.

1742 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus (new ed.) xiv. 88 in A. Pope Wks. III Hast thou ever seen the Sciapodes [1741 Sciopi], so called because when laid supine, they shelter themselves from the Sun-beams with the shadow of their feet?

1886 Cambr. Rev. 27 Jan. 173/1 An equally amusing little picture of..the lake in the country of the Skiapodes.

1942 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 5 174 In India live the sciapodes, the pygmies and giants, the mouthless people..and the unicorns.

1976 G. Devereux Dreams in Greek Trag. vii. 245 In one Greek tradition the Skiapodes' feet also play the role of ‘clothing’.

1987 East & West 37 247 It is probably from a more debased type of ekapāda that the western legend about the Sciapodes in India derives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sciapodes
释义	Sciapodesn. Brit. /sʌɪˈapədiːz/, U.S. /saɪˈæpəˌdiz/ Forms: 1500s Siopodes, 1500s–1700s 1900s– Sciapodes, 1800s– Skiapodes Brit. /skiːˈapədiːz/, U.S. /skiˈæpəˌdiz/. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French sciapodes; Latin Sciāpodes. Etymology: < (i) Middle French sciapodes (1558 in the passage translated in quot. 1568), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Sciāpodes, plural (Pliny) < ancient Greek Σκιάποδες , plural < σκιά shadow (see scio- comb. form) + ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form). Compare later sciapod n. Classical Mythology. With plural agreement. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a single leg ending in a foot of immense size with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun. Cf. monopod n. 1.The Sciapodes are variously placed in Africa and India by classical and later authors. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > miscellaneous (types of) walkyrieeOE woodwosea1100 mugglingc1275 Sciapodes1568 Arimasp1579 acephali1600 hyperborean1601 Arimaspian1667 golem1732 Lorelei1878 menehune1895 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > one-footed > race of Sciapodes1568 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xxii. f. 36 There are people..hauing but one foote but of such a bredth, that therewith they may shadowe them selues against the heate of the Sunne, and they call them Monomeres, Monosceles, and Sciapodes [Fr. sciapodes]. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius f. 267 Seeing that the very poreblinde do see it,..yea wherewith the Siopodes [L. sciopodis] are so well acquainted also:..that it is merueile that any man could be so shameles to deny it to be true. 1652 T. Vaughan Fame & Confession Rosie Cross Pref. sig. b5 In the Rear of this strange Beast [sc. the manticore] march the Pygmies, the Sciapodes, and the Macrocephali. 1670 J. Ogilby Africa 4 The Sciapodes, who are wondrous swift, hopping on one Leg, and lying down on their Backs, make their single Foot an Umbrel. 1742 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus (new ed.) xiv. 88 in A. Pope Wks. III Hast thou ever seen the Sciapodes [1741 Sciopi], so called because when laid supine, they shelter themselves from the Sun-beams with the shadow of their feet? 1886 Cambr. Rev. 27 Jan. 173/1 An equally amusing little picture of..the lake in the country of the Skiapodes. 1942 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 5 174 In India live the sciapodes, the pygmies and giants, the mouthless people..and the unicorns. 1976 G. Devereux Dreams in Greek Trag. vii. 245 In one Greek tradition the Skiapodes' feet also play the role of ‘clothing’. 1987 East & West 37 247 It is probably from a more debased type of ekapāda that the western legend about the Sciapodes in India derives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568
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