στοιχάς
From LSJ
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
άδος, ὁ, ἡ, (στοῖχος)
A in a row one behind another, esp. αἱ Στοιχάδες (sc. νῆσοι), name of the islands which lie in a row east of Toulon, now les Îles d' Hyères, A.R.4.554, Str.4.1.10. 2 ἐλᾶαι σ. olive-trees (prob. because planted in rows) which were not sacred, like the μορίαι, Sol. ap. Poll.5.36, Philoch.62. II στοιχάς, ἡ, an aromatic plant, cassidony, Lavandula Stoechas, Orph.A.918, Dsc. 3.26.
