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

Derived Forms

• stichometric, adjective

Other Words From

• stich·o·met·ric [stik-, uh, -, me, -trik], sticho·metri·cal adjective
• sticho·metri·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stichometry¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stichometry¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 of the sacred books has next to be considered.

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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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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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