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stichometry

[ sti-kom-i-tree ]

noun

  1. the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.


stichometry

/ stɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ; ˌstɪkəʊˈmɛtrɪk /

noun

  1. prosody the practice of writing out a prose text in lines that correspond to the sense units and indicate the phrasal rhythms
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Derived Forms

  • stichometric, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ù¾±³¦³ó·´Ç·³¾±ð³Ù·°ù¾±³¦ [stik-, uh, -, me, -trik], ²õ³Ù¾±³¦³óo·³¾±ð³Ù۾±Â·³¦²¹±ô adjective
  • ²õ³Ù¾±³¦³óo·³¾±ð³Ù۾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·ly adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stichometry1

1745–55; < Greek ²õ³Ùí³¦³ó ( os ) ( stich 1 ) + -o- + -metry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stichometry1

C18: from Late Greek stikhometria. See stich , -metry
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Example Sentences

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The text of this MS. appears to be like 169, and is excellent in the Romans, mixed in the other Epp.; there is an interesting stichometry; examined by Berger.

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Stichometry, 52-4, 65, 68-70, 137, I. App.

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Such, therefore, we conceive to be the use and design of stichometry, as applied to the Greek Testament by Euthalius59, whose edition of the Acts and Epistles was published a.d.

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Matthaei tells us that the manuscript is written in a kind of stichometry by a diligent scribe: its resemblance to Cod.

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The interest of the Sinai stichometry is not limited to this single point: its list of New Testament books is peculiar in order and contents.

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