σῶστρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”) +‎ -τρον (-tron). Compare also σαοστρέω (saostréō, “to make thank-offerings”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ːs.tra/ → /ˈsos.tra/ → /ˈsos.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̂ːs.tra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsos.tra/

Noun

σῶστρᾰ • (sôstra) n pl (genitive σώστρων); second declension

1. reward for saving one's life, thank-offering for deliverance from a danger
2. reward for bringing back lost cattle or runaway slaves
3. physician's fee, thank-offering to Asclepius

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ; τῶν σώστρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ tà sôstra
Genitive	τῶν σώστρων tôn sṓstrōn
Dative	τοῖς σώστροις toîs sṓstrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ σῶστρᾰ tà sôstra
Vocative	σῶστρᾰ sôstra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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