Soter

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Sōter: ēris, m., = Σωτήρ.
I A savior, deliverer, preserver, a giver of health or safety is est nimirum soter, qui salutem dedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154.—Acc.: sotera, Cic. 1. 1.: hodieque ara in Capitolio est Jovis Soteris, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 652; cf. Servator.—
II In partic.
   A Soter, of Jesus the Saviour, Tert. adv. Valent. 16 sq. al.—
   B An epithet of Ptolemœus I., king of Egypt, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.