proper noun
Sōter
Meaning
- A savior
Sōter, ēris, m., = Σωτήρ.
I. A savior, deliverer, preserver, a giver of health or safety is est nimirum soter, qui salutem dedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154.—Acc.:
sotera, Cic. 1. 1.: hodieque ara in Capitolio est Jovis Soteris, Serv. Verg. A. 8, 652; cf. Servator.—II. In partic.
A. Soter, of Jesus the Saviour, Tert. adv. Valent. 16 sq. al.—
B. An epithet of Ptolemœus I., king of Egypt, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sōtēr ōris (acc. -era), m
, σωτήρ, a savior, deliverer.