Sōter
ēris, m.
I.
A savior, deliverer, preserver, a giver of health or safety is est nimirum soter, qui salutem dedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154.—Acc.: sotera, Cic. 1. 1.: hodieque ara in Capitolio est Jovis Soteris, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 652; cf. Servator.—
II.
In partic.
A.
Soter, of Jesus the Saviour, Tert. adv. Valent. 16 sq. al.—
B.
An epithet of Ptolemœus I., king of Egypt, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.