στοῖχος,ὁ, (στείχω, cf.στίχος)
A. row in an ascending series,ὁ πρῶτος ς. τῶν ἀναβαθμῶνthe firstcourseof (masonry composing) the steps, Hdt. 2.125 ;courseof bricks, etc., in building, IG 22.463.58 , 1682.10 ; esp.fileof persons marching one behind another, as in a procession,ἐπὶ στοίχου,=στοιχηδόν, Ar. Ec. 756 ; νῆσοι κατὰ στοῖχον κείμεναι
Th. 2.102
; κατὰ στοίχους
Ar. Fr. 79
; of ships,column, ἐν στοίχοις τρισί
A. Pers. 366
; of soldiers,file, Th. 4.47 ; διὰ στοίχων ὁπλῖται παρατεταγμένοι
D.C. 63.4
; of deer swimming, Opp. C. 2.226 ; of thefiles(opp.ζυγόνVIII) of the chorus in plays, Poll. 4.108 , 109 ;rowof columns, IG 22.1668.12 ; of factors, Arist. Metaph. 1092b34 ; of verses, ἔπη . . ἀλλότρια τοῦ ς. τῆς ποιήσεως
Afric. Cest.Oxy. 412.51
.
II. a line of poles supporting hunting-nets, into which the game were driven, X. Cyn. 6.10 , 21 .