סוֹטָה, (סָטָה) faithless wife, a woman suspected of faithlessness, to whom the law, Num. V, 12-31, applies; Sotah. Sot. 2ᵃ, a. e. פרשת ס׳ the chapter concerning the Sotah (Num. l. c.). Ib. כל הרואה ס׳ בקילקולה וכ׳ whoever sees a Sotah in her disgrace, will vow abstinence from wine. Yeb. 85ᵇ ס׳ ודאי a convicted adulteress. Ib. מחזיר ספק סוֹטָתוֹ as to taking back his wife suspected of adultery; a. fr.—Y. Keth. VII, 31ᶜ אין שׂוֹטָה היא וכ׳ if she is declared a Sotah, let her get out without dowry, and if she is not &c.—Pl. סוֹטוֹת. Sot. I, 5 ששם משקין את הס׳ there (in the Nicanor gate) they made the suspected women drink (the bitter water). Ib. 8ᵃ אין משקין שתי ס׳ כאחת two suspects must not be made to drink at the same time; a. fr.—Soṭah, a treatise, of the Order of Nashim, of Mishnah, Talmud Babli a. Y’rushalmi, a. Tosefta.