σωτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σωτήρ • (sōtḗr) m (genitive σωτῆρος); third declension

  1. saviour, deliverer, preserver (often as an epithet of protecting gods, especially Zeus)

Declension
Third declension of ὁ σωτήρ; τοῦ σωτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σωτήρ
ho sōtḗr		 τὼ σωτῆρε
tṑ sōtêre		 οἱ σωτῆρες
hoi sōtêres
Genitive τοῦ σωτῆρος
toû sōtêros		 τοῖν σωτήροιν
toîn sōtḗroin		 τῶν σωτήρων
tôn sōtḗrōn
Dative τῷ σωτῆρῐ
tôi sōtêri		 τοῖν σωτήροιν
toîn sōtḗroin		 τοῖς σωτῆρσῐ / σωτῆρσῐν
toîs sōtêrsi(n)
Accusative τὸν σωτῆρᾰ
tòn sōtêra		 τὼ σωτῆρε
tṑ sōtêre		 τοὺς σωτῆρᾰς
toùs sōtêras
Vocative σῶτερ
sôter		 σωτῆρε
sōtêre		 σωτῆρες
sōtêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Note the irregular vocative singular

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