stoîchos

From Proto-Hellenic *stóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *stóygʰ-os, from *steygʰ- (“go, climb”).

Cognate of Proto-Germanic *staigō, Latvian staĩga, Albanian shteg, Sanskrit स्तिघ्नोति (stighnoti).

Noun

στοῖχος • (stoîkhos) m (genitive στοίχου); second declension

row in an ascending series

1. (architecture) the first course of masonry steps, 
2. (architecture) course of bricks
3. file of persons marching one behind another, as in a procession 
4. (of ships, columns) 
5. (of soldiers, file) 
6. (of deer swimming)
7. (of the files of the chorus in plays)
8. row of columns
9. (of factors)
10. (of verses)

Synonym: στίχος (stíkhos)

1. a line of poles supporting hunting nets, into which the game were driven
2. turn