Soter

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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. l.l.: 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 Ptolemaeus I. , king of Egypt , Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208.

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