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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιοχή (periokhḗ, “compass, circumference; section; summary”). Cognate with French périoche.
Pronunciation
Noun
Periocha f (genitive Periochae); first declension
- a summary, compendium
- Synonyms: epitomē, breviārium, summārium
- Ausoniī Periochae Homēri Īliadis et Odyssēae
- (especially, in Livy) name given to sections found under each book of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, containing an abridged account of their narratives
Declension
First-declension noun.
Further reading
- “Periocha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Periocha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.