Editing Periplus (section)

==Etymology==
''Periplus'' is the Latinization of the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] word περίπλους (''periplous'', contracted from περίπλοος ''periploos''), which is "a sailing-around." Both segments, ''peri-'' and ''-plous'', were independently [[Productivity (linguistics)|productive]]: the ancient Greek speaker understood the word in its literal sense; however, it developed a few specialized meanings, one of which became a standard term in the ancient navigation of [[Phoenicians]], [[Greeks]], and [[Ancient Rome|Romans]].