perioecus

See also: periœcus

English

Alternative forms

• periœcus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι (períoikoi, “neighbours”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /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.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069:, II.ii.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.