Lewis & Short

† hĭmantŏpūs, pŏdis, m., = ἱμαντόπους, ποδος, Lat. loripes, thongfoot,

  1. I. a kind of long-legged water-fowl, Plin. 10, 47, 64, § 130.
  2. II. Plur.: Hĭmantŏpŏdes, um, m., a people of Æthiopia, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Mel. 3, 10, 3; Sol. 31, 6; Jul. Val. Res. Gest. Alex. 3, 19.