σαωτήρ

σαω-τήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,

A v. σωτήρ.

σωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, voc. σῶτερ (v. infr. 1.2): poet. [full] σᾰωτήρ Simon. 129, Call.Del. 166: ([etym.] σῴζω):—

A saviour, deliverer, c. gen. of person etc. saved, σ. ἀνθρώπων, νηῶν, h.Hom.22.5, 33.6;

τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hdt. 7.139

;

ἑστίας πατρός A.Ch. 264

; but also c. gen. rei, [νόσου], κακῶν, βλάβης, a preserver from disease, ills, hurt, S.OT 304, E. Med. 360 (anap.), Heracl. 640; c. dat.,

σ. τῇ πόλει καὶ νῷν φανείς Ar.Eq. 149

; σ. δόμοις. Id.Nu. 1161; of a philosopher or guide,

ὁδηγόν.. ὅν φησι σωτῆρα μόνον Phld.Lib.p.20

O.; esp. of Epicurus,

ὁ σ. ὁ ἡμέτερος Polystr.Herc.346p.80V.

2 epith. of Ζεύς, Pi.O. 5.17, Fr.30.5, IG22.410.18 (iv B.C.), etc.; to whom persons after a safe voyage offered sacrifice, Diph.43.24; there was often a temple of Ζεὺς Σ. at harbours, e.g. the Piraeus, Str.9.1.15; to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ the third cup of wine was dedicated,

τρίτον Σωτῆρι σπένδειν Pi.I.6(5).8

;

τρίτην Διὸς Σωτῆρος εὐκταίαν λίβα A.Fr.55

;

Ζεῦ σῶτερ Ar.Th. 1009

, Din.1.36;

ὦ Ζεῦ σῶτερ Philem.79.21

, Men.532.2; to drink this cup became a symbol of good luck, and the third time came to mean the lucky time, τρίτος ἦλθέ ποθεν--σωτῆρ' ἢ μόρον εἴπω; A.Ch. 1073 (anap.); whence the proverb τὸ τρίτον τῷ σωτῆρι the third (i.e. the lucky) time, Pl.R. 583b, Phlb. 66d, Chrm. 167a; and Zeus was himself called

τρίτος σ., Παλλάδος καὶ Λοξίου ἕκατι καὶ τοῦ πάντα κραίν οντος τρίτου σωτῆρος A.Eu. 760

, cf. Supp.26 (anap.).

b epith. of other gods, as of Apollo, Id.Ag. 512, etc.; of Hermes, Id.Ch.2; of Asclepios, IG4.718 ([place name] Hermione), 7.2808 (Hyettus, iii A.D.), BMus. Cat.Coins Pontus p.156 ([place name] Nicaea);

σ. εὐρυχόρου Λακεδαίμονος Isyll. 82

;

τὸν σ. τῶν ὅλων Ἀσκληπιόν Jul.Or.4.153b

;

Ζεὺς Ἀσκληπιὸς σ. τῶν ὅλων Aristid.Or.42(6).4

; of the Dioscuri, IG12(3).422 (Thera, iii B.C.), 14.2406.108 ([place name] Tarentum), etc.; even with fem. deities, Τύχη σωτήρ, for σώτειρα, A.Ag. 664, S.OT81: generally, of guardian or tutelary gods, Hdt.8.138, A.Supp. 982, S.Ph. 738;

τοῖς ἀποτροπαίοις καὶ σωτῆρσι X.HG3.3.4

.

3 applied to rulers, διὰ σέ, βασιλεῦ (viz. Ptolemy IV Philopator), τὸν πάντων κοινὸν ς. PEnteux. 11.6 (iii B.C.); Πτολεμαῖος Σ. OGI19.1, al.; Ἀντίοχος Σ. ib.233.3, al.; of Roman Emperors or governors, ib.668.3 (Egypt, i A.D.), PLond.1.177.24 (i A.D.), etc.

4 in LXX and NT, applied to God, LXX De.32.15, al., 1 Ep.Ti.1.1, al.; to Christ, Ev.Luc.2.11, al.

II in Poets, as Adj.,

σ. ναὸς πρότονος A.Ag. 897

, cf. Pi.Fr. 159; with a fem. noun, γονῆς σωτῆρος (as Herm. for γυνή) A. Th. 225; τιμαὶ σωτῆρες the office or prerogative of saving, of the Dioscuri, E.El. 993 (anap.).

III name of a month created by Caligula, BGU 1078 (38 A.D.), PRyl.2.149 (39/40 A.D.), etc.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `safe, healthy, intact' (Att.; also Hom., Hdt.).

Other forms: σάος (ep. poet. Il. [ σαώτερος], also Cypr., Arc., Lac. etc.), σῶος (Hdt., Hp., X., hell.), σόος (ep., also Hdt.); comp. σαώτερος (A 32, X., Theoc., AP).

Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in ΣαϜο-κλέϜης (Cypr.), σαό-φρων (ep. poet.), σώ-φρων (Att.), Σαυ-κράτης (Boeot.), Σά-δαμος (Arc.); as 2. member in νηο-, τεκνο-σσόος (poet.; cf. on σεύομαι).

Derivatives: Ep. aor. σαῶ-σαι, pass. σαωθῆναι, to which fut. σαώσω, pres. σαόω; with contraction IA. σῶσαι, σωθῆναι, σώσω (inscr. σωῶ), σῴζω (ε 490, Hes. Op. 376; from *σω-ΐζω); to this perf. midd. σέσωσμαι (trag.), σέσωμαι (Pl. a.o.), act. σέσωκα (hell.), often w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, `to keep alive, to save', midd. pass. intr. `to stay alive, to save oneself'. As 1. member a. o. in σωσί-πολις `saving the city' (Ar., Str. a.o.). From the verb: 1. σωτήρ, - ῆρος m. `saviour' (h. Hom., Pi., IA.) with σωτηρ-ία, - ίη f. `rescue', - ιος `bringing rescue, saving' (IA.), - ιώδης `wholesome' (Gal. a.o.), - ιασταί m. pl. `worshippers' of the θεοὶ σωτῆρες resp. of Ἄρτεμις Σώτειρα (Rhod., Att.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 178). Archaising byforms: σαωτήρ (Call. a.o.), σαώτωρ (Maiist. III^a), Σαώτης surn. of Dionysos (AP, Paus.); hypocorist. enlargement Σωτήριχος PN (Plu., Luc. a.o.). 2. f. σώτειρα. (Pi., IA.). 3. σῶστρα n. pl. (- σ- as in σέσω-σ-μαι a.o.) `reward for saving, thank-offering for saving lives' (Hdt., X. etc.) with σαοστρεῖ 3. sg. (prob. = σαω-; Cephallenia). 4. σωστικός ( δια-) `saving, preserving' (Arist. etc.). 5. δια-σώστης m. `policeman' (Just.). 6. ἀνα-σωσμός (Aq.), - σωσμα (Tz.) `rescue' -- On the frequent PN in Σω(ι-), Σωσ(ι)-, Σωτ(ο)- a.o. s. Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 413 ff.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1080] *teu̯h₂- `be strong' (meaning incorrect in Pok.)

Etymology: The above forms can all go back on PGr. σάϜος (Cypr. ΣαϜο-κλέϜης); positing alternative basic forms like *σῶϜος or *σω[υ]ς is unnecessary. From σά(Ϝ)ος arose by contraction σῶς, from where through thematisation (via n. pl. σῶα, sg. σῶον?) σῶος; ep. σόος for σάος after σῶς or through metr. lengthening. Extensive treatment by Leumann Μνήμης χάριν 2, 8 ff. (Kl. Schr. 266 ff.) w. further details and rich lit. -- PGr. σάϜος can stand for IE *tu̯h₂-eu̯o-s; or rather it is a thematization of *σαυς \< *tu̯eh₂-us. Ablaut with *tu̯ō-ro-s, *tu̯ō-mn̥ (in σωρός?, σῶμα??) is quite uncertain; the basic meaning would then be approx. `be strong' (Prellwitz a.o.; s. Bq), which fits badly for a corpse; *tu̯oh₂-mn̥ is simple, but o-grade is improbable. Cf. σωρός and ταΰς, also on σαίνω.

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