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σωτήριος

σωτήριος, saving, delivering

σωτήρ-ιος, ον,
  • saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου A. Supp. 213, cf. Th. 3.53, Pl. Plt. 311a, etc.; θεοί BGU 362v 1 (iii A.D.); of symptoms, betokening recovery, Hp. Aph. 7.37; ὀλιγοχρόνιόν τε καὶ σωτήριον δηλοῖ τὸ νόσημα Gal. 9.574; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, A. Ch. 236; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, S. OC 487 codd.
        • b c. dat., bringing safety or deliverance to . ., ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. Heraclit. 61; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. A. Th. 183, cf. Ch. 505, E. Heracl. 402, Ph. 918; νηυσίν τε καὶ ναύτῃσιν IG 12(8) p.x (Thasos, vi/v B.C.): also c. gen., τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀρχῆς σ. Pl. Ep. 354b, cf. Arist. Pol. 1314a13: Comp. and Sup., τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς X. Mem. 3.3.10; ἵππος -ώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ Id. Eq. 3.12.
      • 2 of persons, much like σωτήρ, E. Or. 657, Ba. 965, etc.; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ., S. El. 281, Fr. 425: c. dat., Th. 7.64; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. E. Or. 1637: c. gen. pers., τάχʼ ἂν γενοίμεθʼ αὐτοῦ . . σωτήριοι S. Aj. 779.
    • II as Subst., σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, τἀκείνου σωτήρια Id. El. 925 (so σ. πράγματα A. Ag. 646); ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σ. Arist. Rh. 1383a17: also in sg., ἔρυμα τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεως σ. A. Eu. 701; ἐπινοεῖν τι σ. τοῖς παροῦσι Luc. JTr. 18, cf. DMeretr. 9.3.
      • 2 σωτήρια (sc. ἱερά) τά, a thank-offering for deliverance, σ. θύειν θεοῖς X. An. 3.2.9, 5.1.1, cf. Marm.Par. 7, etc.; σ. ἄγειν Luc. Herm. 86; σ. τοῦ βασιλέως πανηγυρίζειν for his escape, Hdn. 1.10.7; of a festival at Delphi, commemorating the retreat of the Gauls, SIG 402.5 (iii B.C.), etc.
      • 3 physicianʼs fee, Poll. 6.186.
      • 4 public privy, at Smyrna, AP 9.642 (in lemmate), Suid.
    • III Σωτήριος (sc. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, PLond. 2.141 (i A.D.), PFlor. 55 (i A.D.), etc.
    • IV Adv. -ίως Antip.Stoic. 3.256, Ph. 2.12, al., Plu. Luc. 5, S.E. M. 9.113, etc.; σ. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, Plu. Aet. phys. 2.918d.

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