Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σωτήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σωτήριος σωτήριον

Structure: σωτηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: swth/r

Sense

  1. saving, delivering, to preserve, bringing safety or deliverance to, more likely to bring safety
  2. deliverance, safety
  3. a thankoffering for deliverance

Examples

  • ἔκτισε γὰρ εἰσ τὸ εἶναι τὰ πάντα, καὶ σωτήριοι αἱ γενέσεισ τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐταῖσ φάρμακον ὀλέθρου οὔτε ᾅδου βασίλειον ἐπὶ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 1:14)
  • ἀλλ’ εἴπερ ἔστι τῇδε θἠμέρᾳ, τάχ’ ἂν γενοίμεθ’ αὐτοῦ σὺν θεῷ σωτήριοι. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:15)
  • παῖδεσ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ κληδόνεσ σωτήριοι θανόντι· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode18)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ἂν σωτήριοί τε εἰε͂ν ἀλλήλοισ καὶ καθόλου χρησιμώτεροι ἂν δοκοῖεν εἶναι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. deliverance

  2. a thankoffering for deliverance

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

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