Periocha

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιοχή (periokhḗ, “compass, circumference; section; summary”). Cognate with French périoche.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.jɔ.kʰa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.jo.ka]

Noun

Periocha f (genitive Periochae); first declension

1. a summary, compendium

   Synonyms: epitomē, breviārium, summārium

   Ausoniī Periochae Homēri Īliadis et Odyssēae

   1. (especially, in Livy) name given to sections found under each book of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, containing an abridged account of their narratives

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Periocha	Periochae
genitive	Periochae	Periochārum
dative	Periochae	Periochīs
accusative	Periocham	Periochās
ablative	Periochā	Periochīs
vocative	Periocha	Periochae

Further reading

• “Periocha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Periocha”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.