σηκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σᾱκός (sākós) – Doric

Etymology

Commonly connected with σάττω (sáttō, “to cram, to stuff”). However, the alternation rather points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σηκός • (sēkós) f (genitive σηκοῦ); second declension

  1. pen, fold, especially for rearing lambs, kids and calves
  2. sacred enclosure, precinct, dedicated to a hero
  3. sepulchre, burial place, enclosed and consacrated
  4. stump of an old olive tree
  5. weight in the balance

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ σηκός; τῆς σηκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σηκός
hē sēkós		 τὼ σηκώ
tṑ sēkṓ		 αἱ σηκοί
hai sēkoí
Genitive τῆς σηκοῦ
tês sēkoû		 τοῖν σηκοῖν
toîn sēkoîn		 τῶν σηκῶν
tôn sēkôn
Dative τῇ σηκῷ
têi sēkôi		 τοῖν σηκοῖν
toîn sēkoîn		 ταῖς σηκοῖς
taîs sēkoîs
Accusative τὴν σηκόν
tḕn sēkón		 τὼ σηκώ
tṑ sēkṓ		 τᾱ̀ς σηκούς
tā̀s sēkoús
Vocative σηκέ
sēké		 σηκώ
sēkṓ		 σηκοί
sēkoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀντίσηκος (antísēkos)
  • σηκάζω (sēkázō)
  • σηκίς (sēkís)
  • σηκίτης (sēkítēs)
  • σηκοβάτης (sēkobátēs)
  • σηκοκόρος (sēkokóros)
  • σηκόω (sēkóō)
  • σηκύλη (sēkúlē)
  • σηκώδης (sēkṓdēs)
  • σήκωμα (sḗkōma)
  • σηκωτήρ (sēkōtḗr)
  • σηκωτός (sēkōtós)

Descendants

References
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