Perioecus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perioecus is a noun meaning (obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
Meaning
(obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- perioeci
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antecians, antichthon, periecian, opposit, perigeum, periareon.
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