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.