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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Il.2.287</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.19</span>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>467</span>, etc.; also στίχω, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>, Hsch.; subj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> στίχῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span> (v.l. [[στείχῃ]]): Ep. impf. στεῖχον <span class="bibl">Il.9.86</span>, etc.: aor. 1 <b class="b3">ἔστειξα</b> (only in compd. περίστειξας <span class="bibl">Od.4.277</span>): aor. 2 ἔστῐχον <span class="bibl">Il.16.258</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>153</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.223</span>, etc., but never in Trag.:—Poet. Verb, used by Ep., Lyr., Trag. (also Aeol., <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc. 19</span>, and in Aeol. Prose, <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).6.6 (Mytil., iv B.C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Perg.</span>5.25 (Temnos, iii B.C.); used by <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>6.5.2</span> in a mockheroic phrase, <b class="b3">ἐξ ἄστεος ἑπταλόφου στείχων</b>): <b class="b2">walk, march, go</b> or [[come]], the direction being given by a Prep. or by the context, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> of motion [[to]] or [[towards]], πρὸς οὐρανόν <span class="bibl">Od.11.17</span>; ποτὶ πύργους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 297</span> (lyr.); πρὸς δόμους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1657</span> (troch.); πρὸς φίλων τάφον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 97</span>; στεῖχ' εἰς ἀγορὰν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς <span class="bibl">Mnesim.4.2</span> (anap.); ἐπὶ τὴν εὐνήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.9</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἀνά, κατὰ ὁδόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.23.136</span>, <span class="bibl">17.204</span>; ἀνὰ ἄστυ <span class="bibl">7.72</span>; δι' ἄστεως <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>496</span>; εἰς Ἄργος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>675</span>; ἐς Ἅιδην κατ' ἄκρας <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>1366</span> (anap.); θύραζε <span class="bibl">Od.9.418</span>; ἔσω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>554</span>; δεῦρο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1151</span>: c. acc. loci, <b class="b2">go to, approach</b>, <b class="b3">γύας, πόλιν, δόμους</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>708</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span> 955</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>643</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>179</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>992</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of motion [[from]], <b class="b3">ἀπ' Ἄργεος σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.2.287</span>; ἀπ' Ὀλύμπου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>690</span>; ἐκ δόμων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>632</span>; οἴκοθεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.20</span>: abs., [[go]], [[depart]], στείχωμεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>98</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>98</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>257</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">march in line</b> or [[order]] (whence <b class="b3">στίχος, στίχες, στοῖχος</b>) <b class="b3">, ἐς πόλεμον σ</b>. [[march]] to war, <span class="bibl">Il.2.833</span>; οἱ δ' ἅμα Πατρόκλῳ ἔστιχον <span class="bibl">16.258</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἐπὶ τοὺς ξείνους</b> against them, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν εὐθείαις ὁδοῖς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c.acc. cogn., ὁδούς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 81</span> (anap.); τὰν νεάταν ὁδόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>808</span> (lyr.); ἀνὴρ ὁπλίτης κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις στείχει πρὸς πύργον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>467</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., ἀοιδὰ σ. ἀπ' Αἰγίνας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.3</span>; ἐπ' ἐμοὶ ῥιπή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1090</span> (anap.); ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηΐδων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>534</span>; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους στείχοντα . . κακά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἄτην . . στείχουσαν ἀστοῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">186</span>. (Cf. Skt. [[stighnoti]] 'step up, mount', Goth. [[steigan]] 'climb'.)</span>