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 stíx |
τὼ στῐ́χε tṑ stíkhe |
αἱ στῐ́χες hai stíkhes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς στῐχός tês stikhós |
τοῖν στῐχοῖν toîn stikhoîn |
τῶν στῐχῶν tôn stikhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ στῐχῐ́ têi stikhí |
τοῖν στῐχοῖν toîn stikhoîn |
ταῖς στῐξῐ́ / στῐξῐ́ν taîs stixí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν στῐ́χᾰ tḕn stíkha |
τὼ στῐ́χε tṑ stíkhe |
τᾱ̀ς στῐ́χᾰς tā̀s stíkhas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῐ́ξ stíx |
στῐ́χε stíkhe |
στῐ́χες stíkhes | ||||||||||
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