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

  • ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐγγελῶσα τοῖσ ποιουμένοισ, εὑροῦσ’ ἐκείνην ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ τότε πατέρα τὸν ἀμὸν ἐκ δόλου κατέκτανεν, ταύτῃ χοροὺσ ἵστησι καὶ μηλοσφαγεῖ θεοῖσιν ἔμμην’ ἱερὰ τοῖσ σωτηρίοισ. (Sophocles, episode12)

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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