Sciapodes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Sciāpŏdes (Scĭŏpŏdes), um, m., = Σκιάποσες,

a fabulous people in Libya , with monstrously large soles to their feet , which they were said to turn up and use as umbrellas , Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23; Tert. Apol. 8; Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 8.