antoeci
See also: antœci
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin antoecī, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄντοικοι (ántoikoi, “dwellers opposite”), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- The inhabitants at two points on the globe that share a longitude and for which the sum of their degrees of latitude equals zero.
- 1622, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie in Four Bookes, Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, introduction, page 20, column 1 (published in 1674)
- Antœci are such as dwell under the same Meridian and the same Latitude or Parallel equally distant from the Æquator; the one northward, the other Southward; the days in both places being of a length; but the Summer of the one being the others winter.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth, book 2, page 174 (1697 edition)
- Antichthones…comprehend both the Antipodes and Antœci, or all beyond the Line[.]
- 1796, Charles Hutton, A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, volume 1, page 121, column 1
- Antœci…have their noon, or midnight, or any other hour at the same time; but their seasons are contrary, being spring to the one, when it is autumn with the other.
- 1622, Peter Heylin, Cosmographie in Four Bookes, Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, introduction, page 20, column 1 (published in 1674)
Derived terms
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Translations
the inhabitants of the place at the opposite degree of latitude
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References
- “‖antœci, n. pl.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) antoecī