perioecusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late Latin perioeci, from Ancient Greek περίοικοι (períoikoi), plural of περίοικος (períoikos, “neighbour”), from περι- (peri-, “peri-”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/, /pɛɹɪˈɔɪkəs/

名詞

perioecus (複数形 perioeci)

1. (obsolete) Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section ii, member 3: