σωτήριος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A 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 IG12(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., τάχ' ἂν γενοίμεθ' 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, SIG402.5 (iii B.C.), etc.    3 physician's fee, Poll.6.186.    4 public privy, at Smyrna, AP9.642 (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. 2.918d.