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antichthon

[ an-tik-thon, -thuhn ]

noun

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


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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
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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