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σῶς (A), , , 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.σῶνTh.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. “σῶςD.5.17, 8.16, 19.75, Luc.Phal.2.4; fem.sg.“σᾶAr.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. “σᾶE.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; “σόος19.300; acc. “σῶνIl.1.117 (v.l. σόον, σάον), 17.367 (v.l. σόον)“; σόον7.310, 8.246, 16.252 (v.l. σάον); nom. sg. fem. “σόη15.497; nom. pl. masc. “σόοι1.344, 5.531, 15.563, Od.4.98; nom. pl. neut. “σόαIl.24.382, Od.13.364: Hdt. has nom. sg. “σῶς1.24, 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.β́: Hp. has “σῶονArt.53: the stem σωο- never appears in Hom. or early poets, but is found in later poetry (nom. “σῶοςMax.386; Comp. “σωότεροςA.R.1.918), and in an Att. prose Inscr., neut. “σῶονIG12.59.13, along with σῶν ib.128.6, 22.1172.14; the foll. forms from σωο- are found in Att. and later texts: “σῶοςX.An.3.1.32, Luc.Abd.5; “σῶονLys.7.17, 20.24, Arist. Oec.1347a24, Plu.2.786f,Sor.2.60,Aristid. 1.425 J., Lib. Or.48.3; “σῶοιX.An.2.2.21, al., D.19.57, 153,326; “σώουςLuc.Laps.8, Aristid.1.426 J.; “σῶαX.Cyr.7.4.13, HG1.1.24, Arist. Ath.30.4; fem. “σώαX.HG7.4.4, D.56.37, Aristid.2.78 J.; acc. “σώανD.21.177, Aristid.2.428 J.; gen. “σώαςD.19.78, OGI214.20 (Didyma, iii B.C.): the Papyri have acc.sg.masc. “σῶονPLond.2.301.13 (ii A.D.), etc., acc. pl. neut. “σῶαBGU1106.31 (i B.C.), etc.: the word is rare in LXX, acc. sg. masc. “σῶον2 Ma.12.24; nom. pl. fem. σῶαι (v.l. σῶοι) Thd.Bel 17; acc. pl. masc. “σώους3 Ma.2.7; neut. “σῶα2 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.; “σῴηνBabr.94.8; “σῷονAP6.349.6 (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 ἐσσιOd.15.42; “ὅτι οἱ σῶς εἰμι16.131; βούλομ᾽ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν (v.l. σόον, σάον)“ ἔμμεναιIl.1.117, cf. 8.246; “σόοι ἔμμεναιOd.4.98; “ἄλοχός τε σόη καὶ παῖδεςIl.15.497; “σόοι εἶναιHdt.5.96; “σῶς καὶ ὑγιήςId.4.76, Th.3.34, Pl.Ti.82b.
2. of events, safe, sure, certain, “νῦν τοιμοισῶς αἰπὺς ὄλεθροςIl.13.773, Od.5.305, 22.28. (σάϝος, cf. Cypr. pr. n. Σαϝοκλέϝης.)
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