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 /

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

• stichometric
  adjective
• stichometrical
  adjective
• stichometrically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of stichometry

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

stichometry

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.

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

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

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.

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

The stichometry of the sacred books has next to be considered.

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

In the opinion of some, the use of the dot, at least to some extent, was earlier than stichometry.

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

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