stichometry

American  

[sti-kom-i-tree] / stɪˈkɒm ɪ tri /

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.

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stichometry British  

/ 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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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• stichometrical
  adjective
• stichometrically
  adverb
• stichometric
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of stichometry

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

Example Sentences

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.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

However this may be, the original conception doubtless came from the stichometry of Hebrew poetry.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

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.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

If the stichometry of Nicephorus is right, the existing form of the book is merely fragmentary compared with its original compass.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

It is in the Peshito or old Syriac version, Eusebius, Cyril of Jerusalem, Epiphanius, the 60th of the Laodicean canons, Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Amphilochius, the stichometry of Nicephorus, the MSS. א.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel