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

• stichometric adjective
• stichometrical adjective
• stichometrically adverb

Etymology

Origin of stichometry

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

Example Sentences

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

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 Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

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 Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

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

The writing is continuous in full line without stichometry.

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