Stichometry is a term applied to the measurement (μέτρον) of ancient texts by στίχοι (lit. `rows`) or verses of a fixed standard length. It was the custom of the Greeks and Romans to estimate the length of their literary works by measured lines. In poetical works the number of metrical verses was computed; in prose works a standard l.....
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numbering or counting lines in books or documents
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• (n.) Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. • (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
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Stich·om'e·try noun [ Greek ... a line +
-metry .]
1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscri...
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stichometry 1. The division of a prose piece into lines of fixed length or into lines whose lengths correspond to the natural divisions of sense, as in manuscripts written before the adoption of punctuation. 2. The practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal...
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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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