different between antithesis vs perioecus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antithesis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis). Surface analysis: anti- +? thesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn.?t?.??.s?s/

Noun

antithesis (plural antitheses)

1. A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
2. (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

Antonyms

• epitome

Derived terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• periœcus (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????i?k?s/, /p??????k?s/

Noun

perioecus (plural 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.

   • 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.

See also

• antoecus
• antipodean
• ecumenic