antoeci

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Pronunciation

/ænˈtiːsaɪ/

Definition of antoeci

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noun

(plural, plural-only)The inhabitants at two points on the globe that share a longitude and for which the sum of their degrees of latitude equals zero.

“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.”
“Antichthones…comprehend both the Antipodes and Antœci, or all beyond the Line[.]”
“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.”

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From the Latin antoecī, from the Ancient Greek ἄντοικοι (ántoikoi, “dwellers opposite”), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling”).

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