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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.