- σηκός
- σηκ-ός (neut. pl. [full] σῆκα (q.v.) as Adv.), [dialect] Dor.[full] σᾱκός (IG42(1).102.29 (Epid., iv B.C.)), ὁ,A pen, fold, esp. for rearing lambs, kids, calves, Od. 9.219,227,319,439, 10.412, Il.18.589, Hes.Op.787; εἰς τὸν σ. οἴσουσιν, metaph. of young children, Pl.R.460c;
σηκὸν νομίζειν τὸ τεῖχος Id.Tht.174e
; σ. δράκοντος the dragon's den, E.Ph.1010; οἱ πέρδικες δύο ποιοῦνται τῶν ᾠῶν ς. nests, Arist.HA564a21.II sacred enclosure, precinct, Hdt.4.62 (v.l.), S.Ph.1328, E. (v. infr.), IGl.c., SIG247 K1 1155 (Delph., iv B.C.), Maiist.23, LXX 2 Ma.14.33;ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ OGI 702.4
(Egypt, ii A.D.): acc. to Ammon.Diff.p.94 V. (cf. Call.Fr.38P. (ap. Sch.Oxy.Th.2.17), Plu.Cim.8, Epigr.Gr.781.7 ([place name] Cnidus)), the σηκός was sacred to a hero, the ναός to a god, a distinction not observed (v. Poll.1.6) by the Poets, cf. Trag.Adesp.424, E.Ph.1751 (lyr.), Rh.501, with Ion 300, etc.2 sepulchre, burial-place, enclosed and consecrated, ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν ὅδε ς. Simon.4.6, cf. TAM 2(1).207.6, 208.7 ([place name] Sidyma).3 library building, Gal.15.24 (pl.).4 bedroom,σ. ἐπίπεδος Aret.CA2.2
.III stump of an old olive-tree, περὶ τοῦ ς., title of speech by Lysias.IV weight, in the balance, Eust.1625.26.
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