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σωτήρ-ιος , ον,
A.saving, delivering, “αὐγαὶ ἡλίου” A.Supp.213, cf. Th.3.53, Pl.Plt.311a, etc.; “θεοί” BGU 362v 1 (iii A.D.); of symptoms, betokening 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 brings safety to our state, S.OC 487 codd.
b. c. dat., bringing 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 ς. Pl.Ep.354b, cf. Arist.Pol.1314a13: Comp. and Sup., “τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς” X.Mem.3.3.10; “ἵππος -ώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ” Id.Eq.3.12.
2. 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.
II. as Subst., σωτήρια, τά, deliverance, safety, “τἀκείνου σωτήρια” Id.El.925 (so “ς. πράγματα” A.Ag.646); ἡ ἐλπὶς τῶν ς. Arist.Rh.1383a17: also in sg., ἔρυμα τῆς χώρας καὶ πόλεως ς. A.Eu.701; “ἐπινοεῖν τι ς. τοῖς παροῦσι” Luc.JTr.18, cf. DMeretr.9.3.
2. 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 Gauls, SIG402.5 (iii B.C.), etc.
3. physician's fee, Poll.6.186.
4. public privy, at Smyrna, AP9.642 (in lemmate), Suid.
III. Σωτήριος (sc. μήν), ὁ, also written Σωτήρειος, name of a month, PLond.2.141 (i A.D.), PFlor. 55 (i A.D.), etc.
IV. Adv. “-ίως” Antip.Stoic.3.256, Ph.2.12, al., Plu.Luc.5, S.E.M.9.113, etc.; ς. ἔχειν to be capable of recovery, Plu. 2.918d.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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