savior
saviour
subs.
P. and V. σωτήρ, ὁ.
Fem., σώτειρα, ἡ (Plat.).
subs.
P. and V. σωτήρ, ὁ.
Fem., σώτειρα, ἡ (Plat.).
SAVIOR
servator; feminine servatrix. THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD Salvator (Tert.): sospitator (Apul.): *nostrae salutis Auctor: humani generis Assertor (Muret). ☞ Salutis Auctor or the like is better in this sense than Servator; because while Servator does mean savior or deliverer (e.g. servator reipublicae Cic.; servator mundi PROP.) it was also employed (poetically) to signify merely “one who watches or tends” (e.g. servator Olympi Lucanus; servator nemoris Statius); and hence servator animarum may be = “one who has the care of souls;” although other renderings of that phrase are preferable on account of the equivocal meaning.
servator; feminine servatrix. THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD Salvator (Tert.): sospitator (Apul.): *nostrae salutis Auctor: humani generis Assertor (Muret). ☞ Salutis Auctor or the like is better in this sense than Servator; because while Servator does mean savior or deliverer (e.g. servator reipublicae Cic.; servator mundi PROP.) it was also employed (poetically) to signify merely “one who watches or tends” (e.g. servator Olympi Lucanus; servator nemoris Statius); and hence servator animarum may be = “one who has the care of souls;” although other renderings of that phrase are preferable on account of the equivocal meaning.
saviour (subs.):
I. One who delivers or preserves:
1. servātor, f. -trix (a deliverer on a particular occasion): s. opp. to destroyer of the state, reipublicae servator, perditor, Cic. Planc. 36, fin. Join: servator liberatorque: all saluting their s. and liberator, omnibus s. liberatoremque acclamantibus Liv. 34, 50, fin.
2. conservātor (an habitual deliverer): the guardians and s.s of this city and empire, custodes c. que hujus urbis et imperii, Cic. Sest. 24, 53.
II. The Redeemer: salvātor (mundi): Vulg. pass.
I. One who delivers or preserves:
1. servātor, f. -trix (a deliverer on a particular occasion): s. opp. to destroyer of the state, reipublicae servator, perditor, Cic. Planc. 36, fin. Join: servator liberatorque: all saluting their s. and liberator, omnibus s. liberatoremque acclamantibus Liv. 34, 50, fin.
2. conservātor (an habitual deliverer): the guardians and s.s of this city and empire, custodes c. que hujus urbis et imperii, Cic. Sest. 24, 53.
II. The Redeemer: salvātor (mundi): Vulg. pass.