σῶμα σῶμα, ατος, τό, deriv. uncertain the body of a man: in Hom. always the dead body, corpse, carcase, whereas the living body is δέμας. the living body, Hes., Hdt., Attic; τὸ σ. σώζειν or -εσθαι to save oneʼs life, Dem., Thuc.; ἔχειν τὸ σ. κακῶς, ὡς βέλτιστα, to be in a bad, a good state of body, Xen. body, as opp. to the soul (ψυχή) , Plat., etc.; τὰ τοῦ σ. ἔργα bodily labours, Xen.; τὰ εἰς τὸ σ. τιμήματα bodily punishments, Aeschin. periphr., ἀνθρώπου σῶμα ἄνθρωπος, Hdt.; esp. in Trag., σῶμα θηρός ὁ θήρ, Soph., etc.:—often of slaves, σ. αἰχμάλωτα Dem., etc generally, a body, i. e. any material substance, Plat., etc. the whole body or mass of a thing, ὑπὸ σώματι γῆς Aesch.; τὸ σ. τῆς πίστεως the body of the proof, Arist.