σῶς(A),ὁ,ἡ , σῶν,τό , defect.Adj.of which the foll. forms occur: Att. and later Gr. nom.σῶς, σῶν, Th. 8.81 , D. 21.126 ; acc.
A.
σῶν
Th. 3.34
, D. 20.142 ; nom. pl.σῷ(writtenσῶ, but cf. EM 742.1 )cited by Ael.Dion. Fr. 302 from Th. 1.74 (whereσῶοιcodd.); alsoσοῖAel.Dion.l.c.; acc. pl.masc. σῶς
D. 5.17
, 8.16 , 19.75 , Luc. Phal. 2.4 ; fem.sg. σᾶ
Ar. Fr. 631
, IG 14.644.15 (Bruttium), prob. in ib. 22.123.8 , butσῶςas fem., E. Cyc. 294 , Ar. Fr. 658 , Pl. Phd. 106a , Call. Aet. 3.1.40 ; neut. pl. σᾶ
, OGI 214.20 (Didyma,iii B.C.): the Papyri have acc.sg.masc. σῶον
PLond. 2.301.13
(ii A.D.), etc., acc. pl. neut. σῶα
BGU 1106.31
(i B.C.), etc.: the word is rare in LXX , acc. sg. masc. σῶον
2 Ma. 12.24
; nom. pl. fem.σῶαι( v.l. σῶοι ) Thd. Bel 17 ; acc. pl. masc. σώους
3 Ma. 2.7
; neut. σῶα
2 Ma. 3.15
; not found inNT: acc. to Thom.Mag. p.328 R.σῶςis Att. forσῶος, σῶνforσῶον(masc. and neut.),σῶςforσώουςandσώας, but all other Att. forms are un contr. (σῶοι, σῶα): the formσῷοςis recommended by Did. ap. EM 741.43 , but rejected by Hdn.Gr.ib. 46 (cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.53 ), and is found in cod.Σof D. 18.49 , al.; σῴην
Babr. 94.8
; σῷον
AP 6.349.6
( Phld. ): the formσάοςis preserved asv.l. in
Il. 1.117 (ap. A.D. Conj. 223.10 ), 16.252 , and in the Comp.
σαώτερος, v. σάος :—safe and sound, alive and well, of persons, ἔφης . . σῶς ἔσσεσθ'
