[ad. Gr. κωλομετρία measurement of verses, f. κῶλον COLON2 + -μετρία measurement.] In Gr. Prosody, the measurement of verses by cola; hence in Palæogr. the division of MS. texts by cola, or corresponding lengths.
1882–3. J. R. Harris, in Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2246/1. To form a colometry similar to stichometry. [Cf. COLON2.]
