Anthropophagi

Anthropophagi

The term anthropophagi ("cannibals") may refer to one of the following:

*Creatures from English folklore with no heads and a mouth in their chests. Their diminutive brain was located in their groin, and their eyes on their shoulders. While they were made widely known by William Shakespeare in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (1602) and "Othello" (1605), they were not created by Shakespeare, and were mentioned as early as the 5th century BC in the Histories of Herodotus as "blemmyes".
*The name given to primitive Christians by others. This usage appears in Tertullian, in his "Apologeticus" (ch. VII), and Salvian ("de Provid." Lib. IV). They affirmed that the Christians, in the mysteries of their religion, killed a child and feasted on its flesh. This was grounded on what they had heard of the Eucharist.

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  • Anthropophagi — An thro*poph a*gi, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? eating men; ? man + + ? to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • anthropophagi — [an΄thrō päf′ə jī΄, an΄thrəpäf′ə jī] pl.n. sing. anthropophagus [an΄thrə päf′ə gəs] [L, pl. of anthropophagus < Gr anthrōpophagos, a man eater < anthrōpos (see ANTHROPO ) + phagos (see PHAGOUS)] cannibals …   English World dictionary

  • ANTHROPOPHAGI — I. ANTHROPOPHAGI Scythiae populi humanâ carne vescentes, siti sunt ad Orientem, ac Septentrionem, Massagetis finitimi, circa quos tristissima solitudo, et mare, quod Thabin vocant. Plin. l. 4. c. 12. et l. 6. c. 30. II. ANTHROPOPHAGI sunt quoque… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • anthropophagi — /an threuh pof euh juy , guy /, n.pl., sing. anthropophagus / euh geuhs/. eaters of human flesh; cannibals. [1545 55; < L, pl. of ANTHROPOPHAGUS cannibal < Gk anthropophágos man eating. See ANTHROPO , PHAGE, PHAGOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • Anthropophagi — Man eaters believed to live in distant regions of the world; part of the exotica which filled the medieval imagination for want of real knowledge. [< Gr. anthropophagos = anthropos = man + phagos = eating] Cf. Babewyn …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • anthropophagi — n. cannibal, human being that eats human flesh …   English contemporary dictionary

  • anthropophagi — [ˌanθrə pɒfəgʌɪ] plural noun (in legends) cannibals. Origin C16: from L., from Gk anthrōpophagos man eating …   English new terms dictionary

  • anthropophagi — n. pl. Cannibals, man eaters …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • anthropophagi — an•thro•poph•a•gi [[t]ˌæn θrəˈpɒf əˌdʒaɪ, ˌgaɪ[/t]] n. pl. sing. a•gus [[t] ə gəs[/t]] ant eaters of human flesh; cannibals • Etymology: 1545–55; < L, pl. of anthrōpophagus cannibal < Gk anthrōpophágos man eating. See anthropo , phagous …   From formal English to slang

  • anthropophagi — /ænθrəˈpɒfəgaɪ/ (say anthruh pofuhguy) plural noun (singular anthropophagus /ænθrəˈpɒfəgəs/ (say anthruh pofuhguhs)) eaters of humans; cannibals. {Latin, plural of anthrōpophagus, from Greek anthrōpophagos} …  

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