Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Σόος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsSous (latinized form)
Meaning & History
Derived from σόος (soos), which is the Epic and Ionic Greek form of the adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded".This was the name of a semi-mythological king of Sparta, who is thought to have lived in the 9th century BC.