Dictionary entry

Periœci

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ ‖Per′i‐œ″ci, Per′i‐œ″cians, } n. pl. [NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. �; � around + � house, dwelling.] Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antœci.