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σηκός

σηκός, a pen, fold

σηκ-ός (neut. pl. σῆκα (q.v.) as Adv.), Dor. σᾱκός (IG 42(1).102.29 (Epid., iv B.C.)), ὁ,
  • 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 dragonʼs den, E. Ph. 1010; οἱ πέρδικες δύο ποιοῦνται τῶν ᾠῶν σ. nests, Arist. HA 564a21.
    • II sacred enclosure, precinct, Hdt. 4.62 (v.l.), S. Ph. 1328, E. (v. infr.), IG l.c., SIG 247 K 1 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 (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 (Sidyma).
      • 3 library building, Gal. 15.24 (pl.).
      • 4 bedroom, σ. ἐπίπεδος Aret. CA 2.2.
    • 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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