The plural or Latin form of amphiscians, referring to the inhabitants of tropical regions where shadows fall in multiple directions.
From the Latin plural of 'amphiscii', derived from Greek 'amphi' (both) + 'skia' (shadow).
When medieval scholars wrote about amphiscii, they were working with observations from ancient Greeks and Arab traders who traveled the equator—these distant peoples became proof that Earth's shape wasn't flat.
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