perioecus

See also: periœcus

English

Alternative forms

• periœcus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι (períoikoi), plural of περίοικος (períoikos, “neighbour”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/, /pɛɹɪˈɔɪkəs/

Noun

perioecus (plural perioeci)

1. (obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section ii, member 3:

     How comes it to pass, that in the same site, in one latitude, to such as are periœci, there should be such difference of soil, complexion, colour, metal, air, etc.

See also

• antoecus
• antipodean
• ecumenic