The corpus record

ἐκσῴζω

eksozo

preserve from danger, keep safe

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Where it lives

Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκσῴζω · eksōizō — LSJ

preserve from danger, keep safe, to bring, safe, save oneself, save for oneself, they fled for safety to

preserve from danger, keep safe, Hdt. 9.107, S. Aj. 1128, etc.; ἐ. Αἰγίσθου χερός E. El. 28; ἐ. τινὰ ἐς φάος νεκρῶν πάρα to bring him safe.., Id. HF 1222; τινὰ ἐκ κινδύνων Pl. Grg. 486b :—Med., save oneself, Hdt. 2.107; also, save for oneself, ὡς.. βίοτον ἐκσωσοίατο A. Pers. 360; κλῶνας ὡς ἐκσῴζεται [δένδρα] S. Ant. 713 :—Pass., ὅταν..νῆσον ἐκσῳζοίατο when they fled for safety to the island, A. Pers. 451; πῶς ἐξεσώθης E. Supp. 751.

In the wild

ἐκσωσοίατο · eksōsoiato Aeschylus, Persians 355–360
ἐκσῳζοίατο · eksōizoiato Aeschylus, Persians 450–453
ἐξεσάωσα · exesaōsa Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 935)
ἐκσῴζειν · eksōizein Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.299 (DIORISIS sentence 1076)
ἐξέσῳςʼ · exesōisʼ Euripides, Bacchae 614
ἐκσῴζει · eksōizei Euripides, Electra 415 (DIORISIS sentence 242)

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