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 • (stíkhos) m (genitive στῐ́χου); second declension
- a row or file of soldiers
- a line of poetry, a verse
Declension
Second declension of ὁ στῐ́χος; τοῦ στῐ́χου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στῐ́χος ho stíkhos | τὼ στῐ́χω tṑ stíkhō | οἱ στῐ́χοι hoi stíkhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στῐ́χου toû stíkhou | τοῖν στῐ́χοιν toîn stíkhoin | τῶν στῐ́χων tôn stíkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στῐ́χῳ tôi stíkhōi | τοῖν στῐ́χοιν toîn stíkhoin | τοῖς στῐ́χοις toîs stíkhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στῐ́χον tòn stíkhon | τὼ στῐ́χω tṑ stíkhō | τοὺς στῐ́χους toùs stíkhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | στῐ́χε stíkhe | στῐ́χω stíkhō | στῐ́χοι stíkhoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- στοῖχος (stoîkhos)
Derived terms
- 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- line idem, page 492.
- row idem, page 723.
- series idem, page 754.
- verse idem, page 948.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos).
Noun
στίχος • (stíchos) m (plural στίχοι)
- a line of text, usually verse
- verse, poetry
- (in the plural) lyrics
Declension
declension of στίχος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | στίχος • | στίχοι • |
genitive | στίχου • | στίχων • |
accusative | στίχο • | στίχους • |
vocative | στίχε • | στίχοι • |
See also
- στροφή f (strofí, “stanza”)
- ποίημα n (poíima, “poem”)
- ποίηση f (poíisi, “poetry”)