σηκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σᾱκός (sākós) — Doric

Etymology

Since Bezzenberger, traditionally compared with σάττω (sáttō, “to cram, to stuff”), though this suffers from phonetic issues. According to Beekes, the alternation rather points to Pre-Greek origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝ˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈkos/

Noun

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

pen, fold, especially for rearing lambs, kids and calves
sacred enclosure, precinct, dedicated to a hero
sepulchre, burial place, enclosed and consecrated
stump of an old olive tree
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 tēî sēkōî	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

Greek: σηκός (sikós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σηκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1322-3