στῖφος
εος, τό
A.
body of men in close array, A. Pers. 20 (anap.), Hdt. 9.57; νεῶν στῖφος the close array of ships, A. Pers. 366; ς. ποιήσασθαι Hdt. 9.70; νεανιῶν ς. Ar. Eq. 852, cf. Pax 564, Th. 8.92, X. Cyr. 1.4.19, etc.: pl., masses, groups, Plb. 2.68.4, Ph. 1.445: metaph., ἁμαρτημάτων ib.322.
2.
= two ἐπιξεναγίαι of light-armed, or 4096 men, Ascl. Tact. 6.3, Ael. Tact. 16.3, Arr. Tact. 14.5.