σηκός

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

 

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 consecrated
  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
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: σηκός (sikós)

References

  1. ^ 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

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