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|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[saving]], [[delivering]], αὐγαὶ ἡλίου A.Supp.213, cf. Th.3.53, Pl.Plt.311a, etc.; θεοί BGU 362v 1 (iii A.D.); of [[symptom]]s, [[betoken]]ing [[recovery]], [[indicative]] of [[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 [[bring]]s [[safety]] to our [[state]], S.OC 487 codd.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. dat., [[bring]]ing [[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  σωτήριον Pl.Ep.354b, cf. Arist.Pol.1314a13: Comp. and Sup., τὸ [[πείθεσθαι]] σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς X.Mem.3.3.10; [[ἵππος]] σωτηριώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ Id.Eq.3.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[σωτήρια]], [[τά]], [[deliverance]], [[safety]], τἀκείνου σωτήρια Id.El.925 (so σ. πράγματα A.Ag.646); ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν σωτηρίων Arist.Rh.1383a17: also in sg., [[ἔρυμα]] τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεως σωτήριον A.Eu.701; ἐπινοεῖν τι σ. τοῖς παροῦσι Luc.JTr.18, cf. DMeretr.9.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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 [[Gaul|Gauls]], SIG402.5 (iii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[physician's fee]], [[payment]] or [[fee]] for a [[doctor]] Poll.6.186.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[public privy]], at Smyrna, AP9.642 (in lemmate), Suid.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Σωτήριος]] (sc. [[μήν]]), ὁ, also written [[Σωτήρειος]], [[Soterios]], name of a [[month]], PLond.2.141 (i A.D.), PFlor. 55 (i A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[σωτηρίως]] = [[in good condition]], [[prosperously]], [[beneficially]] Antip.Stoic.3.256, Ph.2.12, al., Plu.Luc.5, S.E.M.9.113, etc.; [[σωτηρίως ἔχειν]] = to [[be capable of recovery]], be on the [[way]] to [[recovery]], of [[convalescent]]s Plu. 2.918d.