stichometry

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noun

The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.

OriginLatin stichometria ← Medieval Greek στιχομετρία →
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Meanings

nounstichometry (countable and uncountable, plural stichometries)

plural stichometries

  1. countableuncountableThe measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
  2. countableuncountableThe division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.

Origin

  1. Medieval Greekστιχομετρία
  2. Latinstichometria
  3. Englishstichometry

From Latin stichometria, from Medieval Greek στιχομετρία (stikhometría), from στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”) + μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, sticho- + -metry.

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Translations

French stichométrie
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German Stichometrie
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Greek στιχομετρία
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Italian sticometria
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Latin stichometria
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Portuguese esticometria
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Spanish esticometría
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APA

stichometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stichometry

MLA

“stichometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stichometry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stichometry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stichometry.

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