σωτηρία

A. deliverance, preservation, σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν Hdt. 5.98; ς. μηχανᾶσθαι Id. 7.172; ς. Ἕλλησι δώσουσ’ ἔρχομαι E. IA 1472; ς. κατεργάσασθαι Id. Heracl. 1045; φέρειν Id. Tr. 753; ἀπεργάζεσθαι, πορίζειν, ἐκπορίζεσθαι, Pl. Lg. 647b, Prt. 321b, Th. 6.83; σωτηρίαν ἔχειν S. Aj. 1080, E. Or. 1178, etc.; ζητεῖν Isoc. 4.95; εὑρίσκεσθαι Aeschin. 3.134; also σωτηρίας τυχεῖν A. Pers. 508, Ch. 203, X. Cyr. 4.1.2, etc.; ἐνεύχομαί σοι τὴν Ἀπολλωνίου ς. PCair.Zen. 482.4 (iii B.C.); ὀμνύω σωι (or σοι)τὴν σαυτοῦ ς. ib.324.2 (iii B.C.); ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας . . Αὐτοκράτορος, = Lat. pro salute Imperatoris, OGI 1678.1 (Egypt, ii A.D.).

2. a way or means of safety (= μηχανὴ σωτηρίας A. Th. 209), ἔστι τις ς.; Id. Pers. 735 (troch.); ἔχεις τιν’ . . ς.; E. Or. 778 (troch.), cf. Ar. Eq. 12; εἰς ς. ἄλλην καταφυγεῖν Antipho 2.4.1, cf. Th. 3.20.

3. safe return, ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα ς. Id. 7.70; ἡ οἴκαδε ς. D. 50.16, cf. Plu. 2.241e; ἡ ς. ἣν συνέβη τῷ πατρὶ δεῦρο D. 57.20; νόστιμος ς. A. Pers. 797, Ag. 343, 1238.

4. in LXX and NT, salvation, ὁ θεὸς τῆς ς. μου LXX Ps. 50(51).14, al.; ς. ψυχῶν 1 Ep.Pet. 1.9; εὐαγγέλιον τῆς ς. Ep.Eph. 1.13, etc.

II. of things, keeping safe, preservation, Hdt. 4.98; c. gen., A. Eu. 909, Pl. R. 433c, etc.; maintenance, τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων καὶ ὁδῶν Arist. Pol. 1321b21; τῶννόμων Pl. R. 425e; τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τῶν ἄστρων, Arist. Cael. 284a20, Mete. 355a20.

2. security, guarantee for safety, ς. ἔστω τῶν ὑποκειμένων guarantee for the safe keeping of . . , Syngr. ap. D. 35.13; σωτηρίας ἕνεκα τοῖς πολλοῖς τῶν σωμάτων for their safe custody,, Pl. Lg. 908a; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς σωτηρίᾳ ib.909a; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας ways of preserving it, Arist. Pol. 1301a23, cf. 1289b24, Pl. Prt. 354b.

3. security, safety, τοῦ κοινοῦ Th. 2.60; τοῦ βίου Pl. Prt. 356d.

4. c. gen. obj., security against, ἀπορίας Philem. 213.12.

5. bodily health, well-being, BGU 423.13 (ii A.D.), POxy. 939.20 (iii A.D.), etc.