σωτηρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σωτηρίη (sōtēríē) — Ionic

Etymology

From σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “saviour”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.tɛː.rí.aː/ → /so.tiˈri.a/ → /so.tiˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.tɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.te̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.tiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.tiˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.tiˈri.a/

Noun

σωτηρῐ́ᾱ • (sōtēríā) f (genitive σωτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. deliverance, salvation

Declension

First declension of ἡ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σωτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ hē sōtēríā	τὼ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sōtēríā	αἱ σωτηρῐ́αι hai sōtēríai
Genitive	τῆς σωτηρῐ́ᾱς tês sōtēríās	τοῖν σωτηρῐ́αιν toîn sōtēríain	τῶν σωτηρῐῶν tôn sōtēriôn
Dative	τῇ σωτηρῐ́ᾳ têi sōtēríāi	τοῖν σωτηρῐ́αιν toîn sōtēríain	ταῖς σωτηρῐ́αις taîs sōtēríais
Accusative	τὴν σωτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn sōtēríān	τὼ σωτηρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sōtēríā	τᾱ̀ς σωτηρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sōtēríās
Vocative	σωτηρῐ́ᾱ sōtēríā	σωτηρῐ́ᾱ sōtēríā	σωτηρῐ́αι sōtēríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας Αὐτοκράτορος (hupèr sōtērías Autokrátoros)

Further reading

• “σωτηρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σωτηρία 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
• G4991 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • deliverance idem, page 208.
  • integrity idem, page 448.
  • maintenance idem, page 508.
  • preservation idem, page 637.
  • protection idem, page 653.
  • redemption idem, page 684.
  • regeneration idem, page 687.
  • release idem, page 690.
  • safety idem, page 730.
  • salvation idem, page 732.
  • saving idem, page 735.
  • security idem, page 747.
  • shelter idem, page 764.
  • stability idem, page 808.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • vindication idem, page 952.