"stichomythia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɪkəˈmɪθɪə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stichomythia.wav Forms: stichomythias [plural]
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek στιχομυθία (stikhomuthía), from στίχος (stíkhos, “line of verse”) (see sticho-) + μῦθος (mûthos, “speech”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|στιχομυθία}} Ancient Greek στιχομυθία (stikhomuthía), {{af|en|sticho-}} sticho- Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stichomythia (countable and uncountable, plural stichomythias)
  1. (poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating characters, voices, or entities. Wikipedia link: stichomythia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Poetry Related terms: stichomythic, rhesis Translations (technique in drama): esticomítia [feminine] (Catalan), stichomythie [feminine] (Dutch), stichomythie [feminine] (French), Stichomythie [feminine] (German), στιχομυθία (stichomythía) [feminine] (Greek), stikomyti [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stychomytia [feminine] (Polish), стѝхоми́фия (stìxomífija) [feminine] (Russian), esticomitia [feminine] (Spanish)

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