# στείχω

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## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“go (in an orderly way), climb”). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *stīganą (“ascend, climb up”) (> German steigen). For o-grade *stóygʰ-, see στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “row”); for zero-grade *stigʰ-, see στίχος (stíkhos, “row of soldiers; verse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stěː.kʰɔː/ → /ˈsti.xo/ → /ˈsti.xo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /stěː.kʰɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈsti.kʰo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈsti.xo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈsti.xo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈsti.xo/

### Verb

στείχω • (steíkhō)
* to walk, march, go or come
    ἐξ ἄστεος ἑπταλόφου στείχωνex ásteos heptalóphou steíkhōnmarching out of a city of seven hills
* movement in a direction given by a preposition or by the context
** with πρὸς (pròs), εἰς (eis), ἐπὶ (epì), ἀνά (aná), κατὰ (katà) [with accusative]
*** (motion to or towards) to go to, to approach
    ποτί πύργους στείχεινpotí púrgous steíkheinmarch toward a tower
    πρὸς δόμους στείχεινpròs dómous steíkheinto go in a house
    πρὸς φίλων τάφον στείχεινpròs phílōn táphon steíkheinto go to a friend's funeral
    στεῖχ' εἰς ἀγοράν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑρμᾶςsteîkh' eis agorán pròs toùs Hermâsgo to a marketplace near the statue of Hermes
    στείχειν ἀνά, κατὰ ὁδόνsteíkhein aná, katà hodónto go up and down a road
    εἰς Ἄργος στείχεινeis Árgos steíkheinto go to Argos
    ἐς ᾍδην κατ' ἄκρας στείχεινes Hā́idēn kat' ákras steíkheinto go into Hades against the edge
    θύραζε στείχεινthúraze steíkheinto go outside
    ἔσω στείχεινésō steíkheinto go inside
** with από (apó), ἐκ (ek), ἐπὶ (epì), ἀνά (aná), κατὰ (katà) [with genitive]
*** (motion from) to go, to depart
    ἀπ' Ἄργεος στείχεινap' Árgeos steíkheinto leave (from) Argos
    ἀπ' Ὀλύμπου στείχεινap' Olúmpou steíkheinto leave Olympus
    ἐκ δόμων στείχεινek dómōn steíkheinto leave the house
    οἴκοθεν στείχεινoíkothen steíkheinto leave from home
* to march in line or order
    οἱ δ' ἅμα Πατρόκλῳ ἔστιχονhoi d' háma Patróklōi éstikhonThose who marched together with Patroclus
** to march against [with ἐπὶ (epì, + accusative)]
    στείχειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ξείνουςsteíkhein epì toùs xeínousto march against the foreigners.
** to march to [with εἰς (eis, + accusative)]
    εἰς πόλεμον στείχεινeis pólemon steíkheinmarch to war.
** march on something [with ἐν (en, + dative)]
    ἐν εὐθείαις ὁδοῖς στείχεινen eutheíais hodoîs steíkheinmarch on a straight road.
* cognate accusative
    ὁδούς στείχεινhodoús steíkheinto journey the journey
    τὰν νεάταν ὁδόν στείχουσανtàn neátan hodón steíkhousantraveling the extreme path
    ἀνὴρ ὁπλίτης κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις στείχει πρὸς πύργονanḕr hoplítēs klímakos prosambáseis steíkhei pròs púrgonheavily armed men are scaling scaling ladders at a tower
* (figuratively)
    ἀοιδά στείχει ἀπ' Αἰγῑ́νηςaoidá steíkhei ap' Aigī́nēsa minstrel walks away from Aegina
    ἐπ' ἐμοὶ ῥιπή στείχεινep' emoì rhipḗ steíkheintake a swing at me
    στείχει δ’ ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηΐδωνsteíkhei d’ íoulos árti dià parēḯdōnand his beard's first growth is just now advancing through his cheeks
    τὴν ἄτην... στείχουσαν ἀστοῖςtḕn átēn... steíkhousan astoîsthe coming disaster to citizens
    πρὸς ἄτην τοὺς φίλους στείχοντα ... κακάpròs átēn toùs phílous steíkhonta ... kakámarching friends toward a disaster... is evil
* to step up, mount, climb

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στείχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1395-6
* ↑ s.v. «στοίχος» - στοῖχος, στείχω, στίχος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

### Further reading

* “στείχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “στείχω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “στείχω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* στείχω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* στείχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “στείχω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* “στείχω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011