stichometry
English
noun
Definitions
- The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain.
- The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek στίχος (row, line, verse, a row file of soldiers, a verse, a line of poetry).
Origin
Ancient Greek
στίχος
Gloss
row, line, verse, a row file of soldiers, a verse, a line of poetry
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
線
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stichometrical English
- stichos English
- distichon Latin
- parastico Italian
- stico Italian
- στίχος Ancient Greek
- στιχάομαι Ancient Greek
- *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- sticiméadracht Irish
- στίχος Greek (modern)
- стихъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- κατάστιχον gkm