σωτήρ
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Etym. σώζω
I. "a saviour, deliverer, preserver", c. gen. subjecti, τῆς Ἑλλάδος "saviour" of Greece, Hdt.; also c. gen. objecti, ς. νόσου, κακῶν "a preserver from" disease, ills, Soph., Eur.
2. epith. of "protecting" gods, esp. of Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Pind., Trag.: to him "the third cup" of wine was dedicated, τρίτον Σωτῆρι σπένδειν Pind., etc.; proverb., τὸ τρίτον τῷ σωτῆρι the third (i. e. the lucky) time, Plat.; of other gods, as of Apollo, Hermes, Aesch.; even with fem. deities, Τύχη σωτήρ, for σώτειρα, id=Aesch.
3. in NTest. "the Saviour."
II. in Poets, as an adj., "saving", Aesch.; with fem. Subst., σωτῆρες τιμαί the office or prerogative "of saving", of the Dioscuri, Eur.