antichthon

[ an-tik-thon, -thuhn ]

noun

, plural an·tich·tho·nes [an-, tik, -th, uh, -neez].

1. counterearth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antichthon¹

1645–55; < Latin antichthonēs (plural) < Greek antíchthones the antipodes, equivalent to antí anti- + chthon- (stem of chthṓn ) earth + -es plural noun suffix

Example Sentences

Some of the Pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the Antichthon (or counter-earth).

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They assume moreover another Earth opposite to this (ἐναντίαν ἄλλην ταύτῃ) which other they call Antichthon.

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Hicetes the Pythagorean, that there are two earths, this and the Antichthon, or the earth opposite to it.

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