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σῶστρα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῶστρα σῶστρων

Etym.: sw/zw

Sense

a reward for saving one's life, a thankoffering for deliverance
a reward for bringing back

Examples

οὐ γὰρ δὴ σῶστρα ἡμῖν τοιαῦτα ἐκτίνειν αὐτὸν ἐχρῆν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 1 1:9)
πρῶτον δέ φασιν Ῥέαν ἡσθεῖσαν τῇ τέχνῃ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ μὲν τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ, ἐν Κρήτῃ δὲ τοὺσ Κουρῆτασ ὀρχεῖσθαι κελεῦσαι, καὶ οὐ τὰ μέτρια ὤνατο τῆσ τέχνησ αὐτῶν, οἵ γε περιορχούμενοι διεσώσαντο αὐτῇ τὸν Δία, ὥστε καὶ σῶστρα εἰκότωσ ἂν ὁ Ζεὺσ ὀφείλειν ὁμολογοίη αὐτοῖσ, ἐκφυγὼν διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων ὄρχησιν τοὺσ πατρῴουσ ὀδόντασ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 8:1)
καὶ ἄλλουσ γε νὴ Δί’, ἔφη, παρακαλῶ, σῶστρα τούτου ἀνακηρύττων. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 3:1)
σῶστρα δ’ ἑώθεν ἔθυε θεοῖσ χαίρων ὁ κακοῦργοσ, ἥδεσθαι νομίσασ τὸν θεὸν ἀνδροφόνοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 378 1:3)
ὡσ ὦν τῆσ τύχησ εὖ μετεστεώσησ, τοῦτο μὲν τὸν σεωυτοῦ παῖδα ἀπόπεμψον παρὰ τὸν παῖδα τὸν νεήλυδα, τοῦτο δὲ σῶστρα γὰρ τοῦ παιδὸσ μέλλω θύειν τοῖσι θεῶν τιμὴ αὕτη προσκέεται πάρισθί μοι ἐπὶ δεῖπνον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 118 3:2)

Synonyms

a reward for bringing back
- κόμιστρον (reward for bringing)

λυσανίης (ending sorrow)
Χολαργεύς (a man of the deme)
ὑιδοῦς (a grandson)
ἐνήλικος (of age)
χρυσόγονος (born or begotten of gold)
φιλομήτωρ (loving one's mother)
πολυίστωρ (very learned)
σελευκίς (a cup)
Ῥωμανός (Synonym of Ῥωμαῖος ‎)
δημάρατος (prayed for by the people)
Ταρσεύς (an inhabitant of Tarsus)
Λαρισαῖος (Larissaean)
αἴητος (terrible)
πολύξενος (entertaining many guests)
φιλόγελως (laughter-loving)
ἐφορεύω (to be ephor)
ἐπιτροπεύω (to be a trustee)
πρόπαππος (a great-grandfather)
ἱπποκρατέω (to be superior in horse)
ἰαμβοποιός (a writer of iambics)
πρώταρχος (first-beginning)
Ἀλεξανδρεύς (An Alexandrian)
θεότιμος ()
ἰδιόστολος (equipt at one's own expense)
σταδιοδρόμος (one who runs the stadium)
αὐτόχθων (sprung from the land itself)
Μαύσωλος ()
ἡμικλήριον (half the inheritance)
τηθίς (a father's or mother's sister)
ὀγδοηκοστός (eightieth)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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a reward for bringing back

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a reward for bringing back

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