antipodes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

antĭpŏdes, um, m., = ἀντίποδες,

the antipodes , Lact. 3, 23; Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 9; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 532; hence ironic. of banqueters who turn night to day, Sen. Ep. 122 (in Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 39, 123, written as Greek).

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