σηκός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(neut. pl. σῆκα ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) as Adv.), Dor.σᾱκός (<span class="title">IG</span>42(1).102.29 (Epid., iv B.C.)), ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pen]], [[fold]], esp. for rearing lambs, kids, calves, <span class="bibl">Od. 9.219</span>,<span class="bibl">227</span>,<span class="bibl">319</span>,<span class="bibl">439</span>, <span class="bibl">10.412</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.589</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>787</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸν σ. οἴσουσιν</b>, metaph. of young children, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>460c</span>; σηκὸν νομίζειν τὸ τεῖχος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174e</span>; <b class="b3">σ. δράκοντος</b> the dragon's [[den]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1010</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ πέρδικες δύο ποιοῦνται τῶν ᾠῶν σ</b>. [[nests]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>564a21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sacred enclosure]], [[precinct]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span> (v.l.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1328</span>, E. (v. infr.), <span class="title">IG</span>l.c., <span class="title">SIG</span>247 <span class="title">K</span>1 1155 (Delph., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">Maiist.23</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>14.33</span>; ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ <span class="title">OGI</span> 702.4 (Egypt, ii A.D.): acc. to <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">Diff.</span>p.94</span> V. (cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>38P.</span> (ap. Sch.Oxy.<span class="bibl">Th.2.17</span>), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cim.</span>8</span>, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>781.7 (Cnidus)), the [[σηκός]] was sacred to a hero, the [[ναός]] to a god, a distinction not observed (v. <span class="bibl">Poll.1.6</span>) by the Poets, cf. <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>424, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1751</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>501</span>, with <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 300</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sepulchre]], [[burial-place]], enclosed and consecrated, <b class="b3">ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν ὅδε σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Simon.4.6</span>, cf. <span class="title">TAM</span> 2(1).207.6, 208.7 (Sidyma). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[library building]], Gal.15.24 (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[bedroom]], σ. ἐπίπεδος <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">stump of an old olive-tree</b>, <b class="b3">περὶ τοῦ σ</b>., title of speech by Lysias. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[weight]], in the balance, <span class="bibl">Eust.1625.26</span>.</span>