antipodes

The Sailor's Word-Book

Such inhabitants of the earth as are diametrically opposite to each other. From the people, the term has passed to the places themselves, which are situated at the two extremities of any diameter of the earth.

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← antipathes × antiscii →

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antipodes
antĭpŏdes, um, m., = ἀντίποδες, the antipodes , Lact. 3, 23; Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 9; Serv. ad Verg...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Antipodes
·noun Anything exactly opposite or contrary. II. Antipodes ·noun Those who live on the side of the ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
antipodes
n. properly a Greek word, the pluralof 'antipous, lit. «having feet opposed.» Theancients, however,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris