[puh-rik-uh-pee] 
a cutting, equiv. to peri- peri- + kop a cutting
[per-i-kop-ik] , adjective | pe·ric·o·pe (pə-rĭk'ə-pē) n. pl. pe·ric·o·pes or pe·ric·o·pae (-pē') An extract or selection from a book, especially a reading from a Scripture that forms part of a church service. [Late Latin pericopē, from Greek perikopē, a cutting around, section, from perikoptein, to cut around : peri-, peri- + koptein, to cut.] pe·ric'o·pal (pə-rĭk'ə-pəl), per'i·cop'ic (pěr'ĭ-kŏp'ĭk) adj. |