单词 | antoeci |
释义 | antoecin. Now historical and rare. With plural agreement. People who live at the same meridian as others or oneself, on the opposite side of the equator and at the same distance from it; = Antiscii n. Cf. antipodes n. 1a, perioecus n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of same parallel or meridian antoeci1568 antoecian1594 perioecus1594 antiscian1842 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lvii. f. 91v I haue noted that those of the Caape [sic] of good hope, are not to vs altogether Antipodes, but those whome they call Anteci [Fr. Anteci]. 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 10 Antoeci are such as dwell vnder the same Meridian, and the same Latitude or parallel, equally distant from the Æquator; the one Northward, the other Southward. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 255 Antichthones..comprehend both the antipodes and antœci, or all beyond the line. 1726 I. Watts Knowl. of Heavens & Earth made Easy xix. 110 (heading) Problem IV. To find the Antœci, Periœci and Antipodes of any Place given, suppose of London. 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. I. 121/1 Antecians or 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. 1812 J. Lathrop Compend. Treat. Use Globes & Maps 32 Those who live at the equator have no Antoeci. 1854 E. Willard Astronography xviii. 185 The people of Valdivia, in Chili, are the antœci of those of New York. 1919 Pacific Marine Rev. Dec. 70/1 The Chinese were almost as little known to the ancients as the Perioeci (Americans), Antoeci (S. Africans) or Antipodeans were. 1982 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 126 181/2 These people are the antoeci, and..are to be distinguished from the antipodes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1568 |
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