στίχος[ῐ],ὁ ,
A. roworfileof soldiers, X. Lac. 11.5 , 8 , Eq.Mag. 3.9 , v.l. for στοιχ- in Cyr. 8.3.9 ; of trees, Id. Oec. 4.21 , PFay. 111.24
(i A.D.); of numbers, Pl. Phd. 104b ; of the cells in a honey-comb, Arist. HA 624a11 ;courseof masonry, SIG 247 ii 72 (Delph.,iv B.C.).
2. old name forλόχος, Ascl. Tact. 2.2 , cf. Ael. Tact. 5.2 , Arr. Tact. 6.1 .
II. lineof poetry,verse, Ar. Ra. 1239 , Arr. Epict. 2.23.42 , BGU 1026xxii 18
(iv A.D.), etc.;ἡρωϊκοὶ ς. Pl. Lg. 959a ;τὸν βίον ἔθηκας εἰς στίχον, i.e. have described life in oneline, Nicostr. Com. 28 ; but used of a couplet, BMus.Inscr. 1074 (Coptos); defined by Heph.
Poëm.
1 , cf. Sch.Heph. p.262 C.
b. lineof prose, of about the same length as the average hexameter verse, viz., about 15 or 16 syllables, used in reckoning the compass of a passage or work, D.H. Th. 10 , 13 , 19 , 33 , Gal. 2.227 , 5.656 (cf. 655 ), 10.781 , 15.9 , al., Anon. in Tht. 3.32 , Ath. 13.585b , Men.Rh. p.434
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