stichometrical (stikometrikal)

[ Quite lately Mommsen has published. a previously unknown stichometrical catalogue of the books of the Bible, and also of the writings of Cyprian. Salmon , Int. to the New Testament, p. 559, note. stichometry (sti-kom'e-tri), n. [ -μετρία , μέτρον , a measure.] In paleog ., measurement of manuscripts by lines of fixed or average length; also, an edition or a list containing or stating such measurement. It ["The A umption of Moses"] is included in the sti chometry of Nicephorus, who a igns it the same length ... as the Apocalypse of St. John. Salmon, Int. to the New Testament, p. 526. stichomythia (stik-o-mith'i-ä), n. [ The speeches of this play are of inordinate length, though stichomythia in the Greek antithetical manner is also introduced. A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 118. stichos (stik'os), n.; pl. stichoi (-oi). [ paleog ., a line of average length a umed in measuring the length of a manuscript. See epos , 3, and stichometry.-2. In the Gr . Ch ., a verse or versicle, as in the psalter or the odes; especially, a verse or part of a verse from a psalm, used as a versicle.