From the root of 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”) and στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line, rank, file (of soldiers); line of poetry”).
στίξ • (stíx) f (genitive στῐχός); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ στῐ́ξ hē stĭ́x |
τὼ στῐ́χε tṑ stĭ́khe |
αἱ στῐ́χες hai stĭ́khes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στῐχός tês stĭkhós |
τοῖν στῐχοῖν toîn stĭkhoîn |
τῶν στῐχῶν tôn stĭkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στῐχῐ́ têi stĭkhĭ́ |
τοῖν στῐχοῖν toîn stĭkhoîn |
ταῖς στῐξῐ́ / στῐξῐ́ν taîs stĭxĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στῐ́χᾰ tḕn stĭ́khă |
τὼ στῐ́χε tṑ stĭ́khe |
τᾱ̀ς στῐ́χᾰς tā̀s stĭ́khăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῐ́ξ stĭ́x |
στῐ́χε stĭ́khe |
στῐ́χες stĭ́khes | ||||||||||
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