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|Full diacritics=ὡσανεί
|Medium diacritics=ὡσανεί
|Low diacritics=ωσανεί
|Capitals=ΩΣΑΝΕΙ
|Transliteration A=hōsaneí
|Transliteration B=hōsanei
|Transliteration C=osanei
|Beta Code=w(sanei/
|Definition=or ὡς ἂν εἰ (<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὡς κἂν εἰ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>396b1</span>), <b class="b2">as if, as it were</b>, with Verbs, τὸ . . πνεῦμα ὡσανεὶ προδιαλύεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>934b6</span>; πόλις ἥτις ὡ. πρόσχημα . . ἦν <span class="bibl">Plb.3.15.3</span>; μήτε βλέπειν μήτ' ἀκούειν, ἀλλ' ὡ. βλέπειν καὶ ὡ. ἀκούειν Plu.2.961f; with a part., ὡ. προκαλούμενος <span class="bibl">Plb. 1.46.11</span>; with Nouns, ὡ. σάρκες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1036b10</span>; ὡ. ἀμμῶδες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mir.</span>831b30</span>; <b class="b3">μέγεθος ὡ. βοῦς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">832b15</span>, etc.</span>
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