antichthon

[an-tik-thon, -thuh n]

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noun, plural an·tich·tho·nes

[an-tik-thuh-neez] /ænˈtɪk θəˌniz/.

counterearth.

Origin of antichthon

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

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Hicetes the Pythagorean, that there are two earths, this and the Antichthon, or the earth opposite to it.
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch
Some of the Pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the Antichthon (or counter-earth).
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch

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Examples from the Web for antichthon

Historical Examples

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

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

Origin of antichthon