Τετραποδηδόν
four-footedly, on all fours
Translated by Gabriel Bodard2 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Thus the Skiapodes1 in Libya walked, as they had flat feet and raised one of their feet to shade the rest of their body as shelter from the blazing heat which is common in their land.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τετραποδηδόν· οὕτως ἐβάδιζον οἱ ἐν Λιβύῃ Σκιάποδες, πλατύποδες ὄντες καὶ ἀνορθοῦντες τὸν ἕτερον τῶν ποδῶν καὶ κατασκιάζοντες τὸ λοιπὸν σῶμα εἰς ἀποφυγὴν τοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντος καύματος.
Betacode
*tetrapodhdo/n: ou(/tws e)ba/dizon oi( e)n *libu/h| *skia/podes, platu/podes o)/ntes kai\ a)norqou=ntes to\n e(/teron tw=n podw=n kai\ kataskia/zontes to\ loipo\n sw=ma ei)s a)pofugh\n tou= e)n au)toi=s o)/ntos kau/matos.
Notes (1)
Linked from3 entries
- σ600ΣκιάποδεςSkiapodes, Shadow-feetA tribe in Libya, which has wide feet; [the people] who in the heat make shade for themselves with their feet. By the western ocean, near the burning region, [are the] Shadow-feet; they say that these have soles larger…
- σ601ΣκιάποδεςShadyfeet, SkiapodsAntiphon in the [treatise] On Concord [sc. mentions them]. They are a Libyan people. Ktesias in his Round Tour of Asia says: "and beyond them [are] the Shadyfeet, who have very broad feet like geese, and whenever it is…
- τ400Τετραποδητίon all fours[Meaning] on feet and hands. "But they on all fours somehow clung on and forced [their way up]."
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Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Jul 2022
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- expanded primary note — David Whitehead
- tweaked primary note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Slight alterations in wording. — William Hutton
- Translated — Gabriel Bodard