A.trodden way, track, path, h.Merc.352; ἔρημος ἔνθ᾽ ἂν ᾖ βροτῶν ς. S.Ant.773, cf. Ph.157 (lyr.), E.IT67, Or.1274 (lyr.); ὀγμεύειν ς. S.Ph.163 (anap.); “ξύμβλητο κατὰ στίβον Ἡρακλῆϊ” A.R.1.1253.
II. track, footstep, h.Merc.353, Hdt.4.140, A.Ch.210, 227, S.Ph.48, Ichn.109, E.Ion 743, etc.; ἕπεσθαι κατὰ στίβον on the track or trail, Hdt.5.102, cf. 4.122, 9.59; “στίβοι ποδῶν” A.Ch.205; “ἵππων” X.An.1.6.1; λέχος καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες traces of one who had lain there, A.Ag.411 (lyr.); στίβου οὐδεὶς κτύπος (v.l. τύπος) S.Ph. 29, cf. 206 (lyr.); ῥινῶν ὀξὺς ς., of hounds on the track, AP9.516 (Crin.).
III. fuller's workshop, PHib.1.114.3, al. (iii B.C.).