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.β́: 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 . . , ει^περ 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.β́ ; 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.