Periegetic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.əˈd͡ʒɛ.tɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Periegetic is an adjective meaning (rare) Relating to a periegesis.
Meaning
(rare) Relating to a periegesis.
Example Sentences
A periegesis is usually understood to be a geographical catalogue, cast in the form of a tour, often of a local area but sometimes more extended in scope. The form is related to local history. Modem scholarship has established that there was a specifically periegetic form of historiography, stretching back at least to the third century b.c.; […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pericopal, pericopic, perigeal, perigenetic, peristatic, perithecial.
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