which definition of stichio is correct
In reviewing the precursors of verse numbers in the New Testament, I naturally was reminded of stichio ... a count used for, among other things, ensuring the copied text is as long as the original. I came across the interesting fact that there are approximately 21 stichio per 2 verses. That document defined a stichio is terms of "words to be read before taking a breathe" i.e. related to our "sense lines"; however, I ran into another resource that defined a stichio as a fixed length of line "as long as an epic hexameter and contained about 15 syllables or 35 Greek letters." used as a unit for paying copyists and identifying locations in the text similar to line numbers on a legal form. Anyone know enough Greek to send me off to a source that would explain the discrepancy?
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Book search (lemma.g:στίχος OR στίχος OR stichos OR στίχοι OR stichoi) NEAR (number OR pay OR syllables OR words) finds 133 resources in my Logos library to consider, which includes
stichometric reckoning. n. The calculation of the length or accuracy of a manuscript by counting stichoi (lines of text; see stichos).
stichometry. n. A method of transcription that involves calculating and arranging text according to the number of lines. See stichos.
stichos. n. A line of text in a manuscript, often having a standard number of syllables by which a copyist calculated his pay rate. pl. stichoi.
Matthew S. DeMoss, Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 116.
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Another Book Search field.heading:stichometry OR field.largetext:stichometry OR headword:(stichometry OR Text-Division) finds 17 resources in my Logos Library.
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