colometricadj.
/kəʊləʊˈmɛtrɪk/ Palaeography.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by colometry.
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colometric1883
colometrical1912
1883 J. R. Harris Stichometry (1893) 80 He [sc. Euthalius]..sent..an edition of the Apostolic epistles, written by his own hand, in quasi-verse or colometric writing.
1927 A. H. McNeile Introd. N.T. 143 The colometric arrangement in D suddenly ceases at xvi. 23.
1937 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 38 245 The colometric display of this elaborate Gothic–Latin bilingual.
Derivatives
coloˈmetrical adj.
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colometric1883
colometrical1912
1912 E. M. Thompson Introd. Greek & Lat. Palaeogr. vii. 70 Biblical codices which have colometrical arrangement of the text.
1934 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 35 248 Codex D..is the oldest known example of a colometrical arrangement of the Gospel-text.
coloˈmetrically adv.
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colometrically1901
1901 F. G. Kenyon Handbk. Textual Crit. N.T. viii. 308 The δ-text..exists quite definitely in the Graeco-Latin group of uncials.., all of which have been traced..to a common ancestor, written colometrically.
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