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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /soˈtir/ → /soˈtir/
Noun
σωτήρ • (sōtḗr) m (genitive σωτῆρος); third declension
- saviour, deliverer, preserver (often as an epithet of protecting gods, especially Zeus)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “σωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σωτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4990 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- deliverer idem, page 208.
- maintainer idem, page 508.
- preserver idem, page 637.
- protector idem, page 653.
- regenerator idem, page 687.
- rescuer idem, page 701.
- restorer idem, page 705.
- saviour idem, page 736.
- supporter idem, page 841.
- upholder idem, page 938.