σωτηρία
Alt. σωτηρία, ἡ,
I. "a saving, deliverance, preservation, safety", Lat. salus, Hdt., attic; ς. τινὶ διδόναι, φέρειν Eur.; σωτηρίαν ἔχειν Soph., etc.
2. "a way or means of safety", Aesch., Eur., etc.
3. "a safe return", ἡ ἐς τὴν πατρίδα ς. Thuc.; ἡ οἴκαδε σωτηρία Dem.; also, νόστιμος ς. Aesch.
II. of things, "a keeping safe, preservation", τινός of anything, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
2. "security, guarantee for safety", ς. ἔστω τινός "guarantee for the safe keeping" of a thing, ap. Dem.; σωτηρίαι τῆς πολιτείας "ways of preserving" it, Arist.
3. "security, safety", Thuc.