σωτήρ-ιος, ον,
saving, delivering, αὐγαὶ ἡλίου [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 213, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 311a, etc.; θεοί “BGU” 362v 1 (3rd c.AD) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of symptoms, betokening recovery, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.37; ὀλιγοχρόνιόν τε καὶ σωτήριον δηλοῖ τὸ νόσημα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.574 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve or perpetuate the race, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 236 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον who brings safety to our state, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 487 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b with dative, bringing safety or deliverance to.. , ὕδωρ ἰχθύσι σ. [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 61 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄριστα καὶ πόλεις. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 183, compare “Ch.” 505, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 402, “Ph.” 918; νηυσίν τε καὶ ναύτῃσιν “IG” 12(8) p.x (Thasos, 6th-5th c.BC): also with _genitive_, τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀρχῆς σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 354b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a13 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: comparative and superlative, τὸ πείθεσθαι σωτηριώτερον αὐτοῖς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.10; ἵππος -ώτατος τῷ ἀναβάτῃ [prev. author] “Eq.” 3.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons, much like{σωτήρ}, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 657, “Ba.” 965, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοί, Ζεὺς σ., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 281, “fragment” 425: with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Ἑλένη] ναυτίλοις σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1637: with _genitive_ _person_, τάχ᾽ ἂν γενοίμεθ᾽ αὐτοῦ.. σωτήριοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 779. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]