σηκ-ός(neut. pl.σῆκα(q.v.) asAdv.), 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. δράκοντοςthe dragon'sden, 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)), theσηκόςwas sacred to a hero, theναόςto 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).