אַנְטִיכִי

אַנְטִיכִיf. (ἀγγοθήκη, ἐγγυθήκη, lat. mutilat. incitega) a receptacle for vessels, a stand for hanging in kettles, tripods Sabb.III, 4 (41a); Gem. ib. one opin., בי כירי antichi (in the Mishnah) means a vessel suspended between fire places (heated bricks); another opin., בי דודי a metal vessel suspended within a caldron-like vessel, the vacant space beneath being filled with coals. Ib. (in evidence of the latter opin.) א׳אע״פ שהיא גרופהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אע׳׳פ שגרופה וקטומה) an antichi, even when cleaned of coals Y.Sabb.III, 6a bot. Tosef.Bets.III, 20. Y. ib. I, 60c bot. כהדא א׳ נפלתוכ׳ as in the case of an antichi which fell M. Kat. 28b (in a funeral dirge) גוד גרמא מככא ונמטי מיא לא׳ take the bone (pin) out of the jaw (the base in which the vessel is suspended) and let water be put into the antichi, i. e. body and soul are now separated, the latter being the vessel going back to the (divine) spring; cmp. Koh. 12:6 sq.; (Ms. M. … מבבא … לאנטוכיא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note.