στείχω

steicho

walk, march, go

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 15
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Book 2 2
Chapter ?

2287
2833
Book 4 4
Chapter ?

490
4201
4221
4330
Book 7 2
Chapter ?

761
765
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

986
Book 11 2
Chapter ?

11331
11412
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

1248
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

16211
16258
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17107
Odyssey 6
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

772
Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9418
9444
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

1117
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17204
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23136

Dictionary (LSJ)

στείχω, Il. 2.287, Alc. 19, A. Th. 467, etc.; also στίχω, Hdt. 3.14, Hsch.; subj. στίχῃ Hdt. 1.9 (v.l. στείχῃ): Ep. impf. στεῖχον Il. 9.86, etc.: aor. 1 ἔστειξα (only in compd. περίστειξας Od. 4.277): aor. 2 ἔστῐχον Il. 16.258, Call. Del. 153, Theoc. 25.223, etc., but never in Trag.:—Poet. Verb, used by Ep., Lyr., Trag. (also Aeol., Sapph. Supp. 16, Alc. 19, and in Aeol. Prose, IG 12(2).6.6 (Mytil., iv B.C.), Inscr.Perg. 5.25 (Temnos, iii B.C.); used by Cic. Att. 6.5.2 in a mock-heroic phrase, ἐξ ἄστεος ἑπταλόφου στείχων): •. walk, march, go or come, the direction being given by a Prep. or by the context, a. of motion to or towards, πρὸς οὐρανόν Od. 11.17; ποτὶ πύργους A. Th. 297 (lyr.); πρὸς δόμους Id. Ag. 1657 (troch.); πρὸς φίλων τάφον E. Or. 97; στεῖχʼ εἰς ἀγορὰν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς Mnesim. 4.2 (anap.); ἐπὶ τὴν εὐνήν Hdt. 1.9; σ. ἀνά, κατὰ ὁδόν, Od. 23.136, 17.204; ἀνὰ ἄστυ 7.72; διʼ ἄστεως A. Supp. 496; εἰς Ἄργος Id. Ch. 675; ἐς Ἅιδην κατʼ ἄκρας E. Hipp. 1366 (anap.); θύραζε Od. 9.418; ἔσω A. Ch. 554; δεῦρο S. OC 1151: c. acc. loci, go to, approach, γύας, πόλιν, δόμους, A. Pr. 708, Supp. 955, S. OC 643: abs., Id. Tr. 179, E. Rh. 992 (anap.). b. of motion from, ἀπʼ Ἄργεος σ. Il. 2.287; ἀπʼ Ὀλύμπου Hes. Th. 690; ἐκ δόμων S. OT 632; οἴκοθεν Pi. N. 9.20: abs., go, depart, στείχωμεν A. Pr. 81, cf. Ch. 98, S. Ant. 98, Fr. 257. 2. march in line or order (whence στίχος, στίχες, στοῖχος) , ἐς πόλεμον σ. march to war, Il. 2.833; οἱ δʼ ἅμα Πατρόκλῳ ἔστιχον 16.258; σ. ἐπὶ τοὺς ξείνους against them, Hdt. 9.11; ἐν εὐθείαις ὁδοῖς σ. Pi. N. 1.25. 3. c.acc. cogn., ὁδούς A. Ag. 81 (anap.); τὰν νεάταν ὁδόν S. Ant. 808 (lyr.); ἀνὴρ ὁπλίτης κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις στείχει πρὸς πύργον A. Th. 467. 4. metaph., ἀοιδὰ σ. ἀπʼ Αἰγίνας Pi. N. 5.3; ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ῥιπή A. Pr. 1090 (anap.); ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηΐδων Id. Th. 534; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους στείχοντα . . κακά S. Ant. 10; τὴν ἄτην . . στείχουσαν ἀστοῖς ib.186. (Cf. Skt. stighnoti ‘step up, mount’, Goth. steigan ‘climb’.)

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