σωτήριος
σωτήριος
σωτήριος, ον,
σωτήρ
saving, delivering, Thuc., Plat., etc.; ἐλπὶς σπέρματος σωτηρίου hope of seed to preserve the race, Aesch.:—c. dat. bringing safety or deliverance to one, Aesch., Eur.:—comp. -ιώτερος, η, ον, more likely to bring safety, Xen.
of persons, much like σωτήρ, Soph., Eur.
as Subst., σωτήρια, ων, τά, like σωτηρία, deliverance, safety, Aesch., Soph.; so in sg., πόλεως σ. Aesch.
σωτήρια (sc. ἱερά), τά, a thankoffering for deliverance, Xen.