What is the Latin word for antipodes?

The usual Latin words for “antipodes” are Lactantius, antĭpŏdes, antichthŏnes. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“antipodes” in Latin

LactantiusA masculine cognomen — famously held by antĭpŏdesthe antipodes antichthŏnesthe antipodes

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

antipodes

qui conversis inter se pedibus stant (with relation to each other, Plin., 2, 65, 65). Our antipodes, qui adversis veatigiis stant contra nostra vestigia, quos ἀντίποδας vocant (Cic., Acad., 2, 39, 123); qui adversa nobis urgent vestigia (Cic., Somn. Scip., 6, near the beginning): qui sunt contrarii vestigiis nostris (Lactantius). In the Silver Age, antipodes, antichthones (ἀντίποδες, ἀντίχθονες).

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What is the Latin word for antipodes?: The usual Latin words for “antipodes” are Lactantius, antĭpŏdes, antichthŏnes. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.