Epitome

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A compact or condensed representation of anything.

II. Epitome ·noun A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an Abridgement.

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epitome
ĕpĭtŏmē (nom. ĕpĭtŏma, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3), ēs, f., = ἐπιτομή, an abridgment , epitome , Cic. At...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
epitome
epitomē (once -ma, C.), ēs, f , ἐπιτομή, an abridgment, epitome. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary