σῶστρα

A. reward for saving one's life, thank-offering for deliverance from a danger, σῶστρα τοῦ παιδὸς θύειν [θεοῖς] Hdt. 1.118, cf. AP 9.378.7 (Pall.); ς. ὀφείλειν τισί Luc. Salt. 8; ἐκτίνειν τισί Id. DMar. 14.1.

2. reward for bringing back lost cattle or runaway slaves, ς. παρέχειν Hdt. 4.9; σῶστρα τούτου ἀνακηρύσσειν X. Mem. 2.10.2; σῶστρα δὲ μὴ ἐξεῖμ[εν ἐσπρᾶξαι] Foed.Delph. Pell. 2 A 25.

3. physician's fee, Poll. 6.186; thank-offering to Asclepios, IG 14.967a1, b 1 (Rome), 42(1).483 (Epid.).--The sg. only in App. BC 4.62.