different between lines vs stichomythia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?nz/

Noun

lines

1. plural of line

Noun

lines pl (plural only)

1. (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

   I have yet to learn my lines.

2. (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
3. (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
4. (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

   If you don't behave I'll give you lines

   I had to write out 200 lines

5. (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.

Verb

lines

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of line

Anagrams

• Niles, elsin, lenis, liens, lisne

Indonesian

Etymology

From lesbi or lesbian. Compare binan.

Noun

lines (first-person possessive linesku, second-person possessive linesmu, third-person possessive linesnya)

1. (gay slang) a lesbian woman

Latin

Verb

lin?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of lin?

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (stikhomuthía), from ?????? (stíkhos, “line of verse”) (see sticho-) + ????? (mûthos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?k??m????/

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.
   • 2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept, page 297:

     The stichomythias are just as necessary in Sophocles' tragedies as are his choruses.

   • 2012, R. B. Rutherford, Greek Tragic Style: Form, Language and Interpretation, page 165:

     The two modes have different effects: while a rhesis allows the speaker to give an account of himself, attempt to persuade his hearers, or move freely across a range of emotions or types of argument, stichomythia is better suited to swift exchange of information through question and answer, though it can also be used for spicy polemic, aggressive interrogation, or accusation and defence.

Related terms

• stichomythic

See also

• rhesis