stichomythia
Meaning of stichomythia
noun
dialogue in which two characters speak alternate lines of verse, used as a stylistic device in ancient Greek drama.
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek stikhomuthia, from stikhos ‘row, line of verse’ + muthos ‘speech, talk’.
Information about stichomythia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of stichomythia is: stichomythias.
- Languages in which stichomythia is used:
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Hyphenation of stichomythia
sti-chomythia
- It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
- stichomythia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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