ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇσS.Ph.1396; ἐσῴζετ' ἂν .., ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεταιId.El.994; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν .., ὥ. ΚύκλωπεσOd.7.206, cf. 2.333, Il.4.263, 14.50; ἔξεστί θ', ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν ..Ar.Ra.303; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλονTh.4.93; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώD.45.1; Hom. freq. puts a word between ὡσ and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περOd.19.385, Il.5.806, 1.211;
as for instance,
ὅταν χορὸς ..γίγνηται, ὥ. ὁ εἰς Η̂λον πεμπόμενοσX.Mem.3.3.12; ὥσπερ differs from ὡσ in Hom., in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in Il.24.487, τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγών; also in Hes.Th.402, ὣς δ' αὔτως .., ὥ. ὑπέστη; but in Trag. and Att. ὥ. is very freq. after demonstr. words; before οὕτως,Meliss.3, Ar.Av.188; after it, S.Tr.475, etc.; ὥ. καὶ .., οὕτω καὶ ..X.Cyr.7.5.75, cf. Pl.R.354b; ὥ .., ὧδε ..S.OT276; τοιοῦτος ὥ.Pl.Prt.327d; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον
ib.14: c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξησPl.R.612d: strengthd., ὥ. γε
just exactly as,
Ar.Nu.673; ὥ. καί
even as,
ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περIl.6.477; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τιTh.1.142, etc.: ὥ. also follows ἴσος, in Od.20.282, μοῖραν ..ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον, cf. S.El.533; so after ὁ αὐτός,Pl.Phd.86a, D.9.33; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπειA.Ag.1311, cf. Th.4.34. 2.ὥσπερ ἄν c. subj., v. infr.111; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις ..λέγοιPl.Phd. 87b, cf. X.HG3.1.14; cf. ὡσπερεί 11. II. to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor,
as it were, so to speak,
ὥ. ἀκονιτίTh.4.73; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖσAr.Nu. 1276, cf. Pax234; ἅμα μὲν ..ὥ. ὑπεφθόνειX.Cyr.4.1.13, cf. Pl.Phdr. 270d, Cra.384c; in later Gk. sts. after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ.Porph.Chr.26; βάθρον ὥ. Sch.Pi.O.8.33; στέφανος ὥ. τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη ib.42: freq. with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσαS.El. 277; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματοσPl.Phd.86b; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότεσ
as if
they had done, Lys.12.7; ὥ. ἐξόν
as if
it were in our power, X.An.3.1.14; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖσId.Smp.1.11, cf. Mem.2.3.3; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην .., καὶ οὔτε ..οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαιId.HG2.3.19; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat
like
that used in the chariot, Id.Eq.7.5. III. rarely of Time, 1.ὥσπερ ἄν = ἕως ἄν,