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|mdlsjtxt=[[σῶμα]], ατος, τό, [deriv. uncertain]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[body]] of a man: in Hom. [[always]] the [[dead]] [[body]], [[corpse]], carcase, [[whereas]] the [[living]] [[body]] is [[δέμας]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[living]] [[body]], Hes., Hdt., [[attic]]; τὸ ς. σώζειν or -εσθαι to [[save]] one's [[life]], Dem., Thuc.; ἔχειν τὸ ς. [[κακῶς]], ὡς βέλτιστα, to be in a bad, a [[good]] [[state]] of [[body]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[body]], as opp. to the [[soul]] ([[ψυχή]]), Plat., etc.; τὰ τοῦ ς. ἔργα [[bodily]] labours, Xen.; τὰ εἰς τὸ ς. τιμήματα [[bodily]] punishments, Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[periphrasis]], ἀνθρώπου [[σῶμα]] = [[ἄνθρωπος]], Hdt.; especially in Trag., [[σῶμα]] [[θηρός]] = ὁ θήρ, Soph., etc.:—often of slaves, ς. αἰχμάλωτα Dem., etc<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[generally]], a [[body]], i. e. any [[material]] [[substance]], Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> the [[whole]] [[body]] or [[mass]] of a [[thing]], ὑπὸ σώματι γῆς Aesch.; τὸ ς. τῆς πίστεως the [[body]] of the [[proof]], Arist.