stichometry

[sti-kom-i-tree]

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noun

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

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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Other Word Forms

stichometric adjective
stichometrical adjective
stichometrically adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stichometry¹

1745–55; < Greek ��í�� ( os ) ( stich ¹ ) + -o- + -metry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stichometry¹

C18: from Late Greek stikhometria. See _stich , _-metry

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

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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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The Stichometry in question follows the list of the names of the seventy disciples, which list is here assigned to Irenaeus, bishop of Lugdunum.

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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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B. The stichometry forbids our assigning it to a period earlier than the end of the fifth century while other circumstances connected with the Latin version tend to put it a little lower still.

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stichic stichomythia

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