σῶστρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”) + -τρον (-tron). Compare also σαοστρέω (saostréō, “to make thank-offerings”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔ̂ːs.tra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsos.tra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsos.tra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsos.tra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsos.tra/
Noun
σῶστρᾰ • (sôstra) n pl (genitive σώστρων); second declension
- reward for saving one's life, thank-offering for deliverance from a danger
- reward for bringing back lost cattle or runaway slaves
- physician's fee, thank-offering to Asclepius
Declension
Second declension of τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ; τῶν σώστρων (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ tà sôstra | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν σώστρων tôn sṓstrōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς σώστροις toîs sṓstrois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ tà sôstra | ||||||||||||
Vocative | σῶστρᾰ sôstra | ||||||||||||
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References
- σῶστρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σῶστρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette