στίχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στείχω (steíkhō, “walk, march, go or come, march in line or order”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk”).
Cognate with German steigen, English sty, stair, stile and possibly Latin vestīgō. See also στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “row in an ascending series, column”), στόχος (stókhos, “pillar of brick”), and στίξ (stíx, “row, line, rank, file (of soldiers)”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stí.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsti.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsti.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsti.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsti.xos/
Noun
στῐ́χος • (stĭ́khos) m (genitive στῐ́χου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ στῐ́χος ho stĭ́khos |
τὼ στῐ́χω tṑ stĭ́khō |
οἱ στῐ́χοι hoi stĭ́khoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στῐ́χου toû stĭ́khou |
τοῖν στῐ́χοιν toîn stĭ́khoin |
τῶν στῐ́χων tôn stĭ́khōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στῐ́χῳ tōî stĭ́khōi |
τοῖν στῐ́χοιν toîn stĭ́khoin |
τοῖς στῐ́χοις toîs stĭ́khois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν στῐ́χον tòn stĭ́khon |
τὼ στῐ́χω tṑ stĭ́khō |
τοὺς στῐ́χους toùs stĭ́khous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῐ́χε stĭ́khe |
στῐ́χω stĭ́khō |
στῐ́χοι stĭ́khoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- στοῖχος (stoîkhos)
Derived terms
- ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís)
- δίστιχος (dístikhos)
- ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion)
- κατάστιχον (katástikhon)
- στιχάομαι (stikháomai)
- τετράστιχος (tetrástikhos)
Descendants
- Greek: στίχος (stíchos)
- → Latin: stichus
- → Russian: стих (stix)
- → Old Georgian: სტიქონი (sṭikoni), სტრიქონი (sṭrikoni)
Further reading
- “στίχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στίχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos).
Noun
στίχος • (stíchos) m (plural στίχοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στίχος (stíchos) | στίχοι (stíchoi) |
| genitive | στίχου (stíchou) | στίχων (stíchon) |
| accusative | στίχο (stícho) | στίχους (stíchous) |
| vocative | στίχε (stíche) | στίχοι (stíchoi) |
See also
Further reading
- στίχος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el