σώζω
Etym. σῶς
"to save, keep":
1. of persons, "to save from death, keep alive, preserve", Hom., attic
2. of things, "to keep safe, preserve", Hom.:—Mid. "to keep or preserve for oneself", Soph., etc.
3. "to keep, observe, maintain" laws, etc., Trag.:—Pass., Thuc.
4. "to keep in mind, remember", Eur., Plat.:—so in Mid., Soph., Plat.
II. with a sense of motion to a place, "to bring one safe to", τὸν δ᾽ ἐσάωσεν ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς Od.; σω. τινὰ πρὸς ἤπειρον Aesch.:—in Pass. "to come safe, escape to" a place, ἐς οἶκον Hdt.; ἐπὶ θάλατταν Xen.
2. "to carry off safe, rescue from" danger, ἐκ πολέμου Il.; ἐκ θανάτοιο Od.; ἀπὸ στρατείας Aesch.:—c. gen., ἐχθρῶν σῶσαι χθόνα "to rescue" the land from enemies, Soph.; Pass., σωθῆναι κακῶν Eur.
3. c. inf., αἵ σε σώζουσιν θανεῖν "who save" thee "from" dying, id=Eur.
4. absol., τὰ σώσοντα "what is likely to save", Dem.