στοιχεῖον
στοιχεῖον
στοιχεῖον, ου, τό,
στοῖχος
properly, one of a row: hence,
in the sun-dial, the shadow of the gnomon, Ar.
generally, one of a series, an elementary sound of the voice, a letter, Plat.:— κατὰ στοιχεῖον in the order of the letters, alphabetically, Anth.
in pl. the elements, Plat., etc.
the elements of knowledge, rudiments, ἀρξάμενοι ἀπὸ τῶν στ. Xen.