Periocha

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

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

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

First-declension noun.

• “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.