σῶς

English (LSJ)

(A), ὁ, ἡ, σῶν, τό, defect. Adj. of which the foll. forms occur: Att. and later Gr. nom. σῶς, σῶν, Th.8.81, D.21.126; acc.

   A σῶν Th.3.34, D.20.142; nom. pl. σῷ (written σῶ, but cf. EM742.1)cited by Ael.Dion. Fr.302 from Th.1.74 (where σῶοι codd.); also σοῖ Ael.Dion.l.c.; acc. pl.masc. σῶς D.5.17, 8.16, 19.75, Luc.Phal.2.4; fem.sg.σᾶ Ar.Fr.631, IG14.644.15 (Bruttium), prob. in ib.22.123.8, but σῶς as fem., E.Cyc. 294, Ar.Fr.658, Pl.Phd.106a, Call.Aet.3.1.40; neut. pl. σᾶ E.Fr.762, Pl.Criti.111c, Ath.Mitt.49.3 (Attica, iv B.C.): Ep. nom. sg. masc. σῶς ll.22.332 (here guaranteed by the metre), 13.773, Od.5.305, 15.42, 16.131, 22.28; σόος 19.300; acc. σῶν Il.1.117 (v.l. σόον, σάον), 17.367 (v.l. σόον) ; σόον 7.310, 8.246, 16.252 (v.l. σάον); nom. sg. fem. σόη 15.497; nom. pl. masc. σόοι 1.344, 5.531, 15.563, Od.4.98; nom. pl. neut. σόα Il.24.382, Od.13.364: Hdt. has nom. sg. σῶς 1.24, al.; neut. σόον (v.l. σῶον) 2.181; pl. σόοι (v.l. σῶοι) 8.39; fem. σόαι (σῶαι codd.) 1.66; neut. σόα (v.l. σῶα) 4.124, 6.86.ά; gen. pl. neut. σόων (v.l. σώων) 2.121.β: Hp. has σῶον Art.53: the stem σωο- never appears in Hom. or early poets, but is found in later poetry (nom. σῶος Max.386; Comp. σωότερος A.R.1.918), and in an Att. prose Inscr., neut. σῶον IG12.59.13, along with σῶν ib.128.6, 22.1172.14; the foll. forms from σωο- are found in Att. and later texts: σῶος X.An.3.1.32, Luc.Abd.5; σῶον Lys.7.17, 20.24, Arist. Oec.1347a24, Plu.2.786f,Sor.2.60,Aristid. 1.425 J., Lib. Or.48.3; σῶοι X.An.2.2.21, al., D.19.57, 153,326; σώους Luc.Laps.8, Aristid.1.426 J.; σῶα X.Cyr.7.4.13, HG1.1.24, Arist. Ath.30.4; fem. σώα X.HG7.4.4, D.56.37, Aristid.2.78 J.; acc. σώαν D.21.177, Aristid.2.428 J.; gen. σώας D.19.78, OGI214.20 (Didyma, iii B.C.): the Papyri have acc.sg.masc. σῶον PLond.2.301.13 (ii A.D.), etc., acc. pl. neut. σῶα BGU1106.31 (i B.C.), etc.: the word is rare in LXX, acc. sg. masc. σῶον 2 Ma.12.24; nom. pl. fem. σῶαι (v.l. σῶοι) Thd.Bel 17; acc. pl. masc. σώους 3 Ma.2.7; neut. σῶα 2 Ma.3.15; not found in NT: acc. to Thom.Mag.p.328 R. σῶς is Att. for σῶος, σῶν for σῶον (masc. and neut.), σῶς for σώους and σώας, but all other Att. forms are uncontr. (σῶοι, σῶα): the form σῷος is recommended by Did. ap. EM741.43, but rejected by Hdn.Gr.ib.46 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.53), and is found in cod. Σ of D.18.49, al.; σῴην Babr.94.8; σῷον AP6.349.6 (Phld.): the form σάος is preserved as v.l. in Il.1.117 (ap.A.D.Conj. 223.10), 16.252, and in the Comp. σαώτερος, v. σάος:—safe and sound, alive and well, of persons, ἔφης . . σῶς ἔσσεσθ' Il.22.332; οὕνεκά οἱ σῶς ἐσσι Od.15.42; ὅτι οἱ σῶς εἰμι 16.131; βούλομ' ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν (v.l. σόον, σάον) ἔμμεναι Il.1.117, cf. 8.246; σόοι ἔμμεναι Od.4.98; ἄλοχός τε σόη καὶ παῖδες Il.15.497; σόοι εἶναι Hdt.5.96; σῶς καὶ ὑγιής Id.4.76, Th.3.34, Pl.Ti.82b.    II of things, safe, whole, ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ (sc. τὰ κειμήλια) Il.24.382, cf. Od.13.364, Hdt.6.86.ά; οὐδέ κε φαίης ἠέλιον σῶν ἔμμεναι (v.l. σόον) Il.17.367; so ἄγαλμα... τὸ ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦν σόον was preserved, extant, Hdt.2.181; αἱ πέδαι ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν σόαι Id.1.66, cf. 8.39; ποτὸν... εῐπερ ἐστὶ σῶν S.Ph. 21; ἔστι σῶν [θοἰμάτιον] καὶ σὐκ ἀπόλωλεν Pl.Phd.87b; ἡ χιὼν οὖσα σῶς καὶ ἄτηκτος ib.106a; τὸ ἀθάνατον σῶν καὶ ἀδιάφθορον ib.e; ἔχειν τι σῶν X.An.7.6.32; τῶν σημάντρων ἐόντων σόων intact, Hdt.2.121.β ; σῶαι αἱ σφραγῖδες; LXX Bel17; παραδώσω τὸν γόμον σῶον καὶ ἀκακούργητον PLond 2.301.13 (ii A.D.); ἅ τε ἐὰν λάβῃ, σῶα συντηρήσειν καὶ ἀποδώσειν BGU1106.31 (i B.C.); of money, intact, undiminished, E.Hec.994; τἀργύριον σῶν παρέχειν Ar.Lys.488, IG22.1172.14, cf. Pl.R.333c; σῶα ἀποδιδόναι τὰ χρήματα X.Cyr.7.4.13.    2 of events, safe, sure, certain, νῦν τοι (μοι) σῶς αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος Il.13.773, Od.5.305, 22.28. (σάϝος, cf. Cypr. pr. n. Σαϝοκλέϝης.)
σῶς (B), contr. for σόος, σοῦς, ὁ,

   A = βλάστησις, dub. in Hsch. s.v. σῶν.