σῶς

See also: σως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σόος (sóos), σῶος (sôos), σῷος (sôios)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *twáwos, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to be strong”).

Adjective

σῶς • (sôs) m or f (neuter σῶν); second declension or
σῶς • (sôs) m (feminine σᾶ, neuter σῶν); first/second declension

  1. safe and sound, alive and well

Declension

When declined as a two-ending adjective, the masculine forms serve as feminine as well.

First and second declension of σῶς; σᾶ; σῶν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative σῶς / σόος
sôs / sóos		 σᾶ / σόη
sâ / sóē		 σῶν / σόον
sôn / sóon		 σόω
sóō		 σόᾱ
sóā		 σόω
sóō		 σῷ / σοῖ / σόοι
sôi / soî / sóoi		 σόαι
sóai		 σᾶ / σόα
sâ / sóa
Genitive σόου
sóou		 σόης
sóēs		 σόου
sóou		 σόοιν
sóoin		 σόαιν
sóain		 σόοιν
sóoin		 σόων
sóōn		 σόων
sóōn		 σόων
sóōn
Dative σόῳ
sóōi		 σόῃ
sóēi		 σόῳ
sóōi		 σόοιν
sóoin		 σόαιν
sóain		 σόοιν
sóoin		 σόοις
sóois		 σόαις
sóais		 σόοις
sóois
Accusative σῶν / σόον
sôn / sóon		 σόην
sóēn		 σῶν / σόον
sôn / sóon		 σόω
sóō		 σόᾱ
sóā		 σόω
sóō		 σῶς
sôs		 σόᾱς
sóās		 σᾶ / σόα
sâ / sóa
Vocative σόε
sóe		 σᾶ / σόη
sâ / sóē		 σῶν / σόον
sôn / sóon		 σόω
sóō		 σόᾱ
sóā		 σόω
sóō		 σῷ / σοῖ / σόοι
sôi / soî / sóoi		 σόαι
sóai		 σᾶ / σόα
sâ / sóa
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
σόως
sóōs		 σαώτερος
saṓteros		 σοώτᾰτος
soṓtatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “σῶς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • σῶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • σῶς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “σῶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “σῶς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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