A). σῶν Th. 3.34 , D. 20.142 ; nom. pl. σῷ (written σῶ, but cf. EM 742.1 )cited by Ael.Dion. Fr. 302 from Th. 1.74 (where σῶοι codd.); also σοῖ Ael.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 , but σῶς as fem., E. Cyc. 294 , Ar. Fr. 658 , Pl. Phd. 106a , Call. Aet. 3.1.40 ; neut. pl. σᾶ E. Fr. 762 , Pl. Criti. 111c , Ath.Mitt. 49.3 (Attica, iv B.C.): Ep. nom. sg. masc. σῶς ll. 22.332 (here guaranteed by the metre), 13.773 , Od. 5.305 , 15.42 , 16.131 , 22.28 ; σόος 19.300 ; acc. σῶν Il. 1.117 ( v.l. σόον, σάον ), 17.367 ( v.l. σόον ) ; σόον 7.310 , 8.246 , 16.252 ( v.l. σάον ); nom. sg. fem. σόη 15.497 ; nom. pl. masc. σόοι 1.344 , 5.531 , 15.563 , Od. 4.98 ; nom. pl. neut. σόα Il. 24.382 , Od. 13.364 : Hdt. has nom. sg. σῶς 1.24 , al.; neut. σόον ( v.l. σῶον ) 2.181 ; pl. σόοι ( v.l. σῶοι ) 8.39 ; fem. σόαι (σῶαι codd.) 1.66 ; neut. σόα ( v.l. σῶα ) 4.124 , 6.86 .ά; gen. pl. neut. σόων ( v.l. σώων ) 2.121 .β/: Hp. has σῶον Art. 53 : the stem σωο- never appears in Hom. or early poets, but is found in later poetry (nom. σῶος Max. 386 ; Comp. σωότερος A.R. 1.918 ), and in an Att. prose Inscr., neut. σῶον IG 12.59.13 , along with σῶν ib. 128.6 , 22.1172.14 ; the foll. forms from σωο- are found in Att. and later texts: σῶος X. An. 3.1.32 , Luc. Abd. 5 ; σῶον Lys. 7.17 , 20.24 , Arist. Oec. 1347a24 , Plu. 2.786f , Sor. 2.60 , Aristid. 1.425 J., Lib. Or. 48.3 ; σῶοι X. An. 2.2.21 , al., D. 19.57 , 153 , 326 ; σώους Luc. Laps. 8 , Aristid. 1.426 J.; σῶα X. Cyr. 7.4.13 , HG 1.1.24 , Arist. Ath. 30.4 ; fem. σώα X. HG 7.4.4 , D. 56.37 , Aristid. 2.78 J.; acc. σώαν D. 21.177 , Aristid. 2.428 J.; gen. σώας D. 19.78 , 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 in NT: acc. to Thom.Mag. p.328 R. σῶς is Att. for σῶος, σῶν for σῶον (masc. and neut.), σῶς for σώους and σώας, but all other Att. forms are un contr.(σῶοι, σῶα): the form σῷος is recommended by Did. ap. EM 741.43 , but rejected by Hdn.Gr.ib. 46 (cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.53 ), and is found in cod. Σ of D. 18.49 , al.; σῴην Babr. 94.8 ; σῷον AP 6.349.6 ( Phld.): the form σάος is preserved as v.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’ Il. 22.332 ; οὕνεκά οἱ σῶς ἐσσι Od. 15.42 ; ὅτι οἱ σῶς εἰμι 16.131 ; βούλομ’ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν ( v.l. σόον, σάον ) ἔμμεναι Il. 1.117 , cf. 8.246 ; σόοι ἔμμεναι Od. 4.98 ; ἄλοχός τε σόη καὶ παῖδες Il. 15.497 ; σόοι εἶναι Hdt. 5.96 ; σῶς καὶ ὑγιής Id. 4.76 , Th. 3.34 , Pl. Ti. 82b .

II). of things, safe, whole, ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ (sc. τὰ κειμήλια) Il. 24.382 , cf. Od. 13.364 , Hdt. 6.86 .ά; οὐδέ κε φαίης ἠέλιον σῶν ἔμμεναι ( v.l. σόον ) Il. 17.367 ; so ἄγαλμα .. , τὸ ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦν σόον was preserved, extant, Hdt. 2.181 ; αἱ πέδαι ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν σόαι Id. 1.66 , cf. 8.39 ; ποτὸν .. , εῐπερ ἐστὶ σῶν S. Ph. 21 ; ἔστι σῶν [θοἰμάτιον] καὶ σὐκ ἀπόλωλεν Pl. Phd. 87b ; ἡ χιὼν οὖσα σῶς καὶ ἄτηκτος ib. 106a ; τὸ ἀθάνατον σῶν καὶ ἀδιάφθορον ib.e; ἔχειν τι σῶν X. An. 7.6.32 ; τῶν σημάντρων ἐόντων σόων intact, Hdt. 2.121 .β/; σῶαι αἱ σφραγῖδες; LXX Bel 17 ; παραδώσω τὸν γόμον σῶον καὶ ἀκακούργητον PLond 2.301.13 (ii A.D.); ἅ τε ἐὰν λάβῃ, σῶα συντηρήσειν καὶ ἀποδώσειν BGU 1106.31 (i B.C.); of money, intact, undiminished, E. Hec. 994 ; τἀργύριον σῶν παρέχειν Ar. Lys. 488 , IG 22.1172.14 , cf. Pl. R. 333c ; σῶα ἀποδιδόναι τὰ χρήματα X. Cyr. 7.4.13 .

2). of events, safe, sure, certain, νῦν τοι (μοἰ σῶς αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος Il. 13.773 , Od. 5.305 , 22.28 .(σάvος, cf. Cypr. pr. n. Σαvοκλέvης.)