Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.row in an ascending series, ὁ πρῶτος ς. τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν the first course of (masonry composing) the steps, Hdt.2.125; course of bricks, etc., in building, IG22.463.58, 1682.10; esp. file of 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 the files (opp. ζυγόν VIII) of the chorus in plays, Poll.4.108,109; row of columns, IG22.1668.12; 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.

III. τοῦ ς. καταλαβόντος τὴν ἡμετέραν βουλήν since the turn has come to our senate, POxy.1119.12 (iii A.D.).