Soterios

Usages: Ancient Greek

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Transcription: Σωτήριος(Ancient Greek)

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Meaning: Derived from the Greek adjective σωτήριος (soterios) meaning "saving, delivering". It could also be derived from the Greek noun σωτηρία (soteria) meaning "salvation, deliverance, preservation". Variants: Soterius (latinized form), Sotirios (modern Greek transcription)

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- http://www.trismegistos.org/name/5955 (in English; this is about the name)
- see the entry for Soterios at Pavlos' Etymologica: http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073859/http://www.etymologica.com/page47.htm (in English)
- Soterios at the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN): http://clas-lgpn2.classics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/lgpn_search.cgi?namenoaccents=%CE%A3%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82 (in English; features 23 results)
- https://glg.csic.es/NombresGriegosDePersona/ListasNombres/NombresDePersona_S.html (in Spanish)
- σωτήριος (soterios) meaning "saving, delivering":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swth%2Frios&la=greek&can=swth%2Frios (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82 (in English)
- σωτηρία (soteria) meaning "salvation, deliverance, preservation":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swthri%2Fa&la=greek&can=swthri%2Fa (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1 (in English)

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(Information from name #360301 originally submitted by user Lucille)