σῶς, ὁ, ἡ, σῶν, τό,
defective
__A adjective of which the following forms occur: Attic dialect and later Gr. nominative σῶς, σῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.126 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative σῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.142 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; nominative plural σῷ (written σῶ, but[[compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 742.1)cited by 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 302 from 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74 (where σῶοι codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also σοῖ Ael.Dion.[same place]; accusative plural masculine σῶς [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.17, 8.16, 19.75, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Phal.” 2.4; _feminine_ _sing._ σᾶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 631, “IG” 14.644.15 (from Bruttium), probably in [prev. work]22.123.8, but σῶς as _feminine_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 294, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 658, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 106a, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.40; _neuter_ _plural_ σᾶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111c, “Ath.Mitt.” 49.3 (Attica, 4th c.BC): _Epic dialect_ _nominative_ _sing._ _masculine_ σῶς lines22.332 (here guaranteed by the metre), 13.773, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.305, 15.42, 16.131, 22.28; σόος 19.300; _accusative_ σῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.117 (variant{σόον},{σάον}), 17.367 (variant{σόον}); σόον 7.310, 8.246, 16.252 (variant{σάον})] Refs 8th c.BC+]; nominative singular feminine σόη [[ 15.497; _nominative_ _plural_ _masculine_ σόοι 1.344, 5.531, 15.563, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.98; _nominative_ _plural_ _neuter_ σόα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.382, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.364: 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus has _nominative_ _sing._ σῶς 1.24, +others; _neuter_ σόον (variant{σῶον}) 2.181; _plural_ σόοι (variant{σῶοι}) 8.39; _feminine_ σόαι (σῶαι codices) 1.66; _neuter_ σόα (variant{σῶα}) 4.124, 6.86.ά] Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive plural neuter σόων (variant{σώων}) [[ 2.121.β: 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus has σῶον “Art.” 53: the stem σωο- never appears in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] or early poets, but is found in later poetry (nominative σῶος [[ 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 386 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; comparative σωότερος [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.918)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], and in an Attic dialect prose Inscription, neuter σῶον [[ “IG” 12.59.13, along with σῶν [prev. work]128.6, 22.1172.14] Refs]; the following forms from σωο- are found in Attic dialect and later texts: σῶος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.32, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 5; σῶον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17, 20.24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1347a24, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786f, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.60, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.425 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 48.3; σῶοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.21, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.57, 153,326; σώους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 8, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.426 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; σῶα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.13, “HG” 1.1.24, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 30.4; _feminine_ σώα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.37, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.78 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; _accusative_ σώαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.177, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.428 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; _genitive_ σώας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.78, “OGI” 214.20 (Didyma, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: the Papyri have accusative singularmasculine σῶον [[ “PLond.” 2.301.13 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc., accusative plural neuter σῶα [[ “BGU” 1106.31 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+], etc.: the word is rare in LXX, accusative singular masculine σῶον [[ LXX.2Mac.12.24 ] LXX]; nominative plural feminine σῶαι (variant{σῶοι}) [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX “Bel” 17; _accusative_ _plural_ _masculine_ σώους “3 Ma.” 2.7; _neuter_ σῶα “2 Ma.” 3.15 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; not found in [[ “NT”: _accusative_ to Thom.Mag.p.328 R. σῶς is _Attic dialect_ for σῶος, σῶν for σῶον (_masculine_ and _neuter_), σῶς for σώους and σώας] Refs], but all other Attic dialect forms are un contraction (σῶοι, σῶα): the form σῷος is recommended by [[ 1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 741.43 ] Refs 1st c.BC+], but rejected by Hdn.Gr[[[prev. work]. 46 (cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.53), and is found in codex Σ of 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.49, +others; σῴην 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 94.8; σῷον “Anthologia Graeca” 6.349.6 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus): the form σάος] Refs 4th c.BC+] is preserved as variant in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.117 (cited in 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Conjunctionibus;” 223.10), 16.252, and in the _comparative_ σαώτερος] Refs 8th c.BC+], see at {σάος}:—safe and sound, alive and well, of persons, ἔφης.. σῶς ἔσσεσθ᾽ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.332; οὕνεκά οἱ σῶς ἐσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.42; ὅτι οἱ σῶς εἰμι 16.131 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βούλομ᾽ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν (variant{σόον},{σάον}) ἔμμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.117, compare 8.246; σόοι ἔμμεναι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.98; ἄλοχός τε σόη καὶ παῖδες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.497; σόοι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.96; σῶς καὶ ὑγιής [prev. author] 4.76, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 82b. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]