periocha.
summary; compendium
Meaning & usage
summary; compendium
Ausoniī Periochae Homēri Īliadis et Odyssēae
summary; compendium a short section found at the start of a book in a multivolume work, giving a summary of its contents, such as those found in Ab Urbe Condita by Livy or Dionysiaca by Nonnus
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περῐοχή (perĭokhḗ, “compass; circumference; section; summary”). Cognate with French périoche.
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