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‖ antœci, n. pl.|ænˈtiːsaɪ|
[L., a. Gr. ἄντοικοι dwellers opposite, f. ἀντί opposite to + -οικος -dwelling.]
The dwellers under the same meridian, on opposite sides of the equator, and at the same distance from it.
1622Heylin Cosmogr. Introd. (1674) 20/1 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. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth I. 255 Antichthones..comprehend both the antipodes and antœci, or all beyond the line. 1796[See antœcian]. |