σῶς

σῶς (A), ὁ, ἡ, σῶν, τό, defect. Adj. of which the foll. forms occur: Att. and later Gr. nom. σῶς, σῶν, Th. 8.81, D. 21.126; acc. σῶν Th. 3.34, D. 20.142; nom. pl. σῷ (written σῶ, but cf. EM 742.1)cited by Ael.Dion. Fr. 302 from Th. 1.74 (where σῶοι codd.); also σοῖ Ael.Dion.l.c.; acc. pl.masc. σῶς D. 5.17, 8.16, 19.75, Luc. Phal. 2.4; fem.sg.σᾶ Ar. Fr. 631, IG 14.644.15 (Bruttium), prob. in ib.22.123.8, but σῶς as fem., E. Cyc. 294, Ar. Fr. 658, Pl. Phd. 106a, Call. Aet. 3.1.40; neut. pl. σᾶ E. Fr. 762, Pl. Criti. 111c, Ath.Mitt. 49.3 (Attica, iv B.C.): Ep. nom. sg. masc. σῶς Il. (here guaranteed by the metre), 13.773, Od. 5.305, 15.42, 16.131, 22.28; σόος 19.300; acc. σῶν Il. 1.117 (v.l. σόον, σάον), 17.367 (v.l. σόον) ; σόον 7.310, 8.246, 16.252 (v.l. σάον); nom. sg. fem. σόη 15.497; nom. pl. masc. σόοι 1.344, 5.531, 15.563, Od. 4.98; nom. pl. neut. σόα Il. 24.382, Od. 13.364: Hdt. has nom. sg. σῶς 1.24, al.; neut. σόον (v.l. σῶον) 2.181; pl. σόοι (v.l. σῶοι) 8.39; fem. σόαι (σῶαι codd.) 1.66; neut. σόα (v.l. σῶα) 4.124, 6.86.αʹ; gen. pl. neut. σόων (v.l. σώων) 2.121.βʹ: Hp. has σῶον Art. 53: the stem σωο- never appears in Hom. or early poets, but is found in later poetry (nom. σῶος Max. 386; Comp. σωότερος A.R. 1.918), and in an Att. prose Inscr., neut. σῶον IG 12.59.13, along with σῶν ib.128.6, 22.1172.14; the foll. forms from σωο- are found in Att. and later texts: σῶος X. An. 3.1.32, Luc. Abd. 5; σῶον Lys. 7.17, 20.24, Arist. Oec. 1347a24, Plu. 2.786f,Sor. 2.60,Aristid. 1.425 J., Lib. Or. 48.3; σῶοι X. An. 2.2.21, al., D. 19.57, 153,326; σώους Luc. Laps. 8, Aristid. 1.426 J.; σῶα X. Cyr. 7.4.13, HG 1.1.24, Arist. Ath. 30.4; fem. σώα X. HG 7.4.4, D. 56.37, Aristid. 2.78 J.; acc. σώαν D. 21.177, Aristid. 2.428 J.; gen. σώας D. 19.78, OGI 214.20 (Didyma, iii B.C.): the Papyri have acc.sg.masc. σῶον PLond. 2.301.13 (ii A.D.), etc., acc. pl. neut. σῶα BGU 1106.31 (i B.C.), etc.: the word is rare in LXX, acc. sg. masc. σῶον 2 Ma. 12.24; nom. pl. fem. σῶαι (v.l. σῶοι) Thd. Bel 17; acc. pl. masc. σώους 3 Ma. 2.7; neut. σῶα 2 Ma. 3.15; not found in NT: acc. to Thom.Mag.p.328 R. σῶς is Att. for σῶος, σῶν for σῶον (masc. and neut.), σῶς for σώους and σώας, but all other Att. forms are uncontr. (σῶοι, σῶα): the form σῷος is recommended by Did. ap. EM 741.43, but rejected by Hdn.Gr.ib.46 (cf. Hdn.Gr.2.53), and is found in cod. Σ of D. 18.49, al.; σῴην Babr. 94.8; σῷον AP 6.349.6 (Phld.): the form σάος is preserved as v.l. in Il. 1.117 (ap. A.D. Conj. 223.10), 16.252, and in the Comp. σαώτερος, v. σάος:—A. safe and sound, alive and well, of persons, ἔφης . . σῶς ἔσσεσθʼ Il. 22.332; οὕνεκά οἱ σῶς ἐσσι Od. 15.42; ὅτι οἱ σῶς εἰμι 16.131; βούλομʼ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν (v.l. σόον, σάον) ἔμμεναι Il. 1.117, cf. 8.246; σόοι ἔμμεναι Od. 4.98; ἄλοχός τε σόη καὶ παῖδες Il. 15.497; σόοι εἶναι Hdt. 5.96; σῶς καὶ ὑγιής Id. 4.76, Th. 3.34, Pl. Ti. 82b. II. of things, safe, whole, ἵνα περ τάδε τοι σόα μίμνῃ (sc. τὰ κειμήλια) Il. 24.382, cf. Od. 13.364, Hdt. 6.86.αʹ; οὐδέ κε φαίης ἠέλιον σῶν ἔμμεναι (v.l. σόον) Il. 17.367; so ἄγαλμα . . , τὸ ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦν σόον was preserved, extant, Hdt. 2.181; αἱ πέδαι ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν σόαι Id. 1.66, cf. 8.39; ποτὸν . . , εῐπερ ἐστὶ σῶν S. Ph. 21; ἔστι σῶν [θοἰμάτιον] καὶ σὐκ ἀπόλωλεν Pl. Phd. 87b; ἡ χιὼν οὖσα σῶς καὶ ἄτηκτος ib.106a; τὸ ἀθάνατον σῶν καὶ ἀδιάφθορον ib.e; ἔχειν τι σῶν X. An. 7.6.32; τῶν σημάντρων ἐόντων σόων intact, Hdt. 2.121.βʹ; σῶαι αἱ σφραγῖδες; LXX Bel 17; παραδώσω τὸν γόμον σῶον καὶ ἀκακούργητον PLond 2.301.13 (ii A.D.); ἅ τε ἐὰν λάβῃ, σῶα συντηρήσειν καὶ ἀποδώσειν BGU 1106.31 (i B.C.); of money, intact, undiminished, E. Hec. 994; τἀργύριον σῶν παρέχειν Ar. Lys. 488, IG 22.1172.14, cf. Pl. R. 333c; σῶα ἀποδιδόναι τὰ χρήματα X. Cyr. 7.4.13. 2. of events, safe, sure, certain, νῦν τοι (μοι) σῶς αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος Il. 13.773, Od. 5.305, 22.28. (σάϝος, cf. Cypr. pr. n. Σαϝοκλέϝης.)