σηκός
ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low
English (LSJ)
(neut. pl. σῆκα (q.v.) as Adv.), Dor.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 (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.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.
