A.reward for saving one's life, thank-offering for deliverance from a danger, σῶστρα τοῦ παιδὸς θύειν [θεοῖς] Hdt.1.118, cf. AP9.378.7 (Pall.); “ς. ὀφείλειν τισί” Luc.Salt.8; “ἐκτίνειν τισί” Id.DMar.14.1.
2. reward for bringing back lost cattle or runaway slaves, “ς. παρέχειν” Hdt.4.9; “σῶστρα τούτου ἀνακηρύσσειν” X.Mem.2.10.2; σῶστρα δὲ μὴ ἐξεῖμ[εν ἐσπρᾶξαι] Foed.Delph. Pell.2 A 25.
3. physician's fee, Poll.6.186; thank-offering to Asclepios, IG14.967a1, b 1 (Rome), 42(1).483 (Epid.).--The sg. only in App.BC4.62.