amphiscians, amphiscii

pl. [Lat. amphiscii, from Gr. ἀμφισκίος (amphis kios ), as adj. throwing a shadow both ways; ἀμφι ( amphi ) = on both sides, and σκιά ( ski a ) = a shadow.] Those who live in that part of the pine, pit, sïre, sir, marine; gō, pòt, world where, at one season of the year, their shadows fall northward, and at another southward. In other words, the people residing within the tropics.