σηκός

σηκός (neut. pl. σῆκα (q.v.) as Adv.), Dor.σᾱκός (IG 42(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 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.), IGl.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.