σῴζω

σῴζω, with ι wherever ζ follows ω, as σῴζω, EM 741.27, and so (written σωιζ-) in Inscrr. and Papyri down to iii B.C., e.g. IG 12.625.4, 22.687.35, 1611.378, Isyll. 75 (lapis), PCair.Zen. 482.17, 532.23 (iii B.C.), Test.Epict. 1.6 (iii/ii B.C.), (ἀνα-) IG 22.492.13, also in cod. Laur. of S. El. 993, al., but otherwise without it, e.g. ἔσωσε IG 9(2).257.11 (Thess., v B.C.); but Didym. (and many Hellenistic and later Inscrr. and Papyri) rejected the ι everywhere, v. EMl.c., and on the other hand Inscrr. show σῳσ- (always written σωισ-) from v B.C., ἔσῳσεν IG 12.1085.5, 22.1236.6, συνδιασῴσαντες GDI 1612.9 (Dyme, iii B.C.), σῴσαι (3sg. opt.) IG 5(2).357.152 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.), διέσῳσαν OGI 56.18 (Canopus, iii B.C.), cf. PPetr. 3p.72 (iii B.C.); σοζ[, i.e. σωζ[, occurs in IG 12.590: fut. σώσω S. Ph. 1391, Th. 1.137, etc.; early Att. σωῶ IG 12.188.30: pf. σέσωκα, also σέσῳκα, v. ἀνασῴζω:— Med., fut. σώσομαι E. Ba. 793, (ἐκ-) A. Pers. 360, (δια-) X. Cyr. 4.2.28: aor. ἐσωσάμην Ar. Ec. 402:—Pass., fut. σωθήσομαι Th. 5.111, Ar. Nu. 77, Hp. Prog. 1, etc.: aor. ἐσώθην Th. 1.110, al., SIG 167.37 (Mylasa, iv B.C.) (ἐσώσθην only in Hsch.): pf. σέσωσμαι A. Th. [821 (820) ], σέσωσται E. IT 607, D. 56.33, σεσώσμεθα S. Tr. 83, etc.; but σέσωται Pl. Criti. 109d, cf. 110a, σεσωμένος PCair.Zen. 331.8 (iii B.C.); said to be Att. by Phot.; διασεσῳμένους is found in IG 22.435.11 (after 336 B.C.) and διασεσῳμένοι in PCair.Zen. 240.11 (iii B.C.); later σέσῳσται IG 12(7).386.25 (Amorgos, iii B.C.).--•. The foll. forms are found in Hom. and dialects, 1. pres. part. σώζων Od. 5.490; 3sg. ind. or opt. σώζει (-οι) Hes. Op. 376 (v.l. for εἴη): pres. part. Pass. σωζόμενοι (-ομένοισι) Thgn. 68,235 (s.v.l.). 2. from σᾰόω, 3sg. σαοῖ Thgn. 868, Call. Del. 22, etc.; 3pl. σαοῦσι Tyrt. 11.13; 2sg. imper. σάου h.Hom. 13.3, Call. Epigr. 35 (as v.l.), etc.: fut. σαώσω Il. 10.44: aor. ἐσάωσα 21.611, Pi. Fr. 231: aor. inf. Pass. σαωθῆναι Il. 15.503, Od. 10.473; imper. σαωθήτω Il. 17.228; Ep. 3pl. ἐσάωθεν Od. 3.185: fut. Med. σαώσομαι 21.309. 3. from σάωμι, Aeol. 2sg. σάως Alc. 73 (fort. σάῳς); 2sg. imper. σάω Od. 13.230, 17.595, Call. l.c., etc.: σάω as 3sg.impf., Il. 16.363, 21.238. 4. from σώω, part. σώοντες Od. 9.430; Ion. impf. σώεσκον Il. 8.363; σώετε, σώεσθαι, A.R. 4.197, 2.610. 5. from σόω, subj. σόῃς, -ῃ, -ωσι, Il. 9.681,424,393 vulg., where Tyrannio ap.Hdn.Gr.2.66 reads σοῷς, σοῷ, σοῶσι; in 9.681 Aristarch. read both σαῷς and σοῷς; the forms σοῷς, σοῷ perh. arise from σαόω, by contraction and ‘distractionʼ: but σόωσι from σώωσι acc. to Hdn.Gr.l.c.; Hsch. cites also σόεις, σοῦται as = σώζεις, σώζεται. 6. Lacon. σωάδδει· παρατηρεῖ, Hsch.: but also -σοΐδδω, aor. ἀπέσοιξεν· ἀπέσωσεν, Λάκωνες, Id. 7. σωννύω, Dinol. 5:—•. save, keep, 1. of persons, save from death, keep alive, σώοντες ἑταίρους Od. 9.430; ζωοὺς σάω Il. 21.238; ὄτʼ ἄσφʼ ἀπολλυμένοις σάως Alc. 73, cf. Th. 1.91, X. An. 3.1.38; πόδες καὶ γοῦνα σ. τινά Il. 21.611; νὺξ στρατὸν σ. 9.78; spare, Od. 22.357:—Pass., to be saved, kept alive, preserved, opp. ἀπολέσθαι, Il. 15.503, Od. 3.185, etc.; ἀγαπητῶς σεσωσμένους Lys. 16.16; keep a whole skin, escape destruction, οἱ σωθησόμενοι Pl. Tht. 176d; so in pres. σωζόμενος, Thgn. 68,235 (s.v.l.); to be healed, recover from sickness, Hp. Coac. 136, Is. 1.10 (dub. l.); ὑγιαίνοντες καὶ σωζόμενοι IG 22.1028.89 (i B.C.); σώζεο, as a wish, God bless you, farewell, Call. Del. 150, AP 5.240 (Paul. Sil.), 9.372; σώζοισθε ib.171 (Pall.); also, save oneself, escape, σώθητι Pl. Cri. 44b; μόγις or μόλις σῴζεσθαι escape with difficulty, Id. Ep. 332c, D.S. 2.48, etc.; χαλεπῶς σ. Thgn. 675. b. esp. in NT, of God or Christ, 1 Ep.Cor. 1.21, etc.; σ. τὸ ἀπολωλός Ev.Luc. 19.10; σ. τὸν κόσμον Ev.Jo. 12.47:—freq. in Pass., to be saved or in a state of salvation, Ev.Matt. 19.25, etc.; οἱ σῳζόμενοι Ev.Luc. 13.23, Act.Ap. 2.47. 2. of things, keep safe, preserve, rare in Hom., σάω μὲν ταῦτα, σάω δʼ ἐμέ Od. 13.230; σπέρμα πυρὸς σώζων 5.490; πόλιν καὶ ἄστυ σ. Il. 17.144; σαώσει Ἀργείους καὶ νῆας 10.44, cf. 9.230: freq. in Trag. and Att., σ. φάρμακον S. Tr. 686; τὰ τόξα Id. Ph. 766; τὰ σκεύη, παῖδας οἶκον χρήματα, καρπούς, Ar. Pax 730 (anap.), Av. 380 (troch.), 1062 (lyr.); τὰ πατρῷα, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, Id. Th. 820 (lyr.), Th. 1.70; σ. πόλιν preserve the city or the state, Hdt. 8.34, A. Th. 749 (lyr.), S. Ant. 1058, Pl. R. 417a, cf. Grg. 512b, etc.; τὰ πράγματα Th. 1.74; τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ar. Lys. 525 (lyr.); τὰς πολιτείας, τὴν δημοκρατίαν, etc., Arist. Pol. 1309b15,36; τόνδε γὰρ [λόγον] σῴζων keeping it secret, A. Pr. 524, cf. S. OC 1530; σ. καιρόν save or recover an opportunity, D. 19.6, cf. 23.4:—Med., keep or preserve for oneself, τὴν εὐλάβειαν S. El. 993, cf. E. Alc. 146, etc.; αὐτὸς αὑτῷ σ. τι Ar. Ec. 402, cf.Eq. 1017 (hex.):—Pass., τὸ ἄπραγμον οὐ σῴζεται is not secure, Th. 2.63; ἡ . . πόλις οὐκ ἂν ἐσῴζετο; Ar. Ec. 219; to be preserved or extant, of books, Longin. ap. Porph. Plot. 20, Gal. 15.705, D.C. 70.2. 3. keep, observe, maintain laws, etc., σ. ἐφετμάς A. Eu. 241; τὸν παρόντα νοῦν Id. Pr. 394; τοὺς καθεστῶτας νόμους S. Ant. 1114, cf. Arist. VV 1250b17; τοὺς σοὺς λόγους E. Hel. 1552; τὸ μόρσιμον ib.613; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς κατοίκους δίκαια BGU 562.19 (ii A.D.); confirm, τὸ τοῦ ποιήσαντος Arist. Mu. 400b24, cf. Antig. Mir. 45 (Pass.); πρὸς τὸ τὰ φαινόμενα σῴζειν to retain the observed facts, Procl. Hyp. 5.10; κατὰ ποσὸν σῴζει τὴν πρὸς τὸ μῶλυ ἐμφέρειαν retains, i.e. does not lack, a certain resemblance to . . , Dsc. 3.46, cf. 98, Sor. Fasc. 8:—Pass., to be maintained, τοῦ μήκους σῳζομένου Arist. Mete. 386a2; ἐφʼ ᾧ τοῖς θεοῖς τὰ ἱερὰ σωθήσεσθαι PHib. 1.77.7 (iii B.C.). 4. keep in mind, remember, E. Hel. 266, Pl. R. 486c: more freq. in Med., παρῆκα θεσμῶν οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἐσῳζόμην . . ὅπως δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν S. Tr. 682, cf. El. 1257; μηδʼ ἂ ἔμαθε σῴζοιτο Pl. R. 455b; in full, μνήμην σῴζομαι στρατεύματος E. IA 302 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Grg. 501a, Tht. 163d. II. Constr.: 1. simply c. acc., v. supr. 2. with a sense of motion to a place, bring one safe to, τὸν δʼ ἐσάωσεν ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς Od. 5.452; ἐς ὅμιλον Il. 19.401; πόλινδε 5.224, etc.; ἐς οἴκους S. Ph. 311; εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τὴν ἐπουράνιον 2 Ep.Ti. 4.18:—Pass., come safe to a place, σωθέντος ἐμεῦ ὀπίσω ἐς οἶκον Hdt. 4.97, cf. 9.104; πρὸς ἤπειρον σεσῶσθαι A. Pers. 737; δεῦρο E. Ph. 725; οἴκαδε X. HG 1.6.7; σῴζεσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν ὑμετέρην [χώρην] Hdt. 5.98; ἐς δόμους σωθέντʼ S. Tr. 611; σωθῶμεν ἐπὶ θάλατταν X. An. 6.5.20: c. dat. pers., μόλις ὔμμιν ἐσώθην Theoc. 15.4. 3. σ. τινὰ ἐκ φλοίσβοιο, ἐκ πολέμου, carry off safe, rescue from . . , Il. 5.469, 11.752; ἐκ ποταμοῖο 21.274; ἐκ θανάτοιο Od. 4.753; ἐκ πολλῶν πόνων S. El. 1356; ἀπὸ στρατείας A. Ag. 603; διὰ δεινῶν πραγμάτων σεσωσμένοι X. An. 5.5.8: c. gen., σώσας ἐχθρῶν χθόνα having rescued it from them, S. Ant. 1162; σῶσαί τινα κακοῦ Id. Ph. 919; σεαυτὸν νούσου Ath.Mitt. 56.124 (Smyrna); σωθῆναι κακῶν E. Or. 779.--Both constructions may be combined, σ. τινὰ ἐκ πολέμοιο νῆας ἔπι Il. 17.452; ἐκ π. μετὰ νῆας 12.123; ἐξ Αἰγίνης δεῦρο Pl. Grg. 511d. 4. c. acc. et dat. pers., save for another, υἷά τινι Od. 4.765; ἡμῖν τὸν βίον Pl. Prt. 356e, etc.:— Pass., σῴζεταί τί τινι Ar. Pax 1022, X. An. 7.7.56. 5. c. inf., [σπονδαὶ] αἵ σε σῴζουσιν θανεῖν which save thee from dying, E. Ph. 600 (troch.). 6. c. part., σῴζεσθαι φεύγοντες by flight, X. Cyr. 3.3.51. 7. abs., τὰ σώσοντα what is likely to save, D. 6.5; ἡ σῴζουσα [ψῆφος] Luc. Harm. 3. b. σώζων, ὁ, Saviour, of a god, JRS 14.28 (Iconium); epith. of Apollo, CR 19.368 (Sizma). c. σῴζουσα, ἡ, = ἀρτεμισία, Ps.-Dsc. 3.113.