σῶστρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, ([[σῴζω]], cf. [[σαοστρέω]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">reward for saving one's life, thank-offering for deliverance from a danger</b>, <b class="b3">σῶστρα τοῦ παιδὸς θύειν [θεοῖς</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.118</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.378.7 (Pall.); σ. ὀφείλειν τισί <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>8</span>; ἐκτίνειν τισί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DMar.</span>14.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[reward for bringing back]] lost cattle or runaway slaves, σ. παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.9</span>; σῶστρα τούτου ἀνακηρύσσειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.10.2</span>; <b class="b3">σῶστρα δὲ μὴ ἐξεῖμ[εν ἐσπρᾶξαι</b>] <b class="b2">Foed.Delph. Pell</b>.<span class="bibl">2</span> <span class="title">A</span> 25. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[physician's fee]], <span class="bibl">Poll.6.186</span>; [[thank-offering]] to Asclepios, <span class="title">IG</span>14.967a1, [[b]] 1 (Rome), 42(1).483 (Epid.).--The sg. only in <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.62</span>.</span>