I.a saving, deliverance, preservation, safety, Lat. salus, Hdt., attic; ς. τινὶ διδόναι, φέρειν Eur.; σωτηρίαν ἔχειν Soph., etc.
2.a way or means of safety, Aesch., Eur., etc.
II.of things, a keeping safe, preservation, τινός of anything, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
2.security, guarantee for safety, ς. ἔστω τινός guarantee for the safe keeping of a thing, ap. Dem.; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, Arist.
3.security, safety, Thuc.