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|Definition=or ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">like as, even as</b>, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1396</span>; ἐσῴζετ' ἂν... ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>994</span>; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν... ὥ. Κύκλωπες <span class="bibl">Od.7.206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.333</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.263</span>, <span class="bibl">14.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξεστί θ', ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν</b> . . <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>303</span>; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον <span class="bibl">Th.4.93</span>; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ <span class="bibl">D.45.1</span>; Hom. freq. puts a word between <b class="b3">ὡς</b> and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ <span class="bibl">Od.19.385</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.806</span>, <span class="bibl">1.211</span>; <b class="b2">as for instance</b>, ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥ. &lt;ὁ&gt; εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.3.12</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ</b> differs from <b class="b3">ὡς</b> in Hom., in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in <span class="bibl">Il.24.487</span>, <b class="b3">τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγών;</b> also in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>402</span>, <b class="b3">ὣς δ' αὔτως... ὥ. ὑπέστη;</b> but in Trag. and Att. <b class="b3">ὥ</b>. is very freq. after demonstr. words; before <b class="b3">οὕτως</b>, <span class="bibl">Meliss.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>188</span>; after it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>475</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὥ. καὶ... οὕτω καὶ</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>354b</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ... ὧδε</b> . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>276</span>; τοιοῦτος ὥ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον</b> <b class="b2">just as</b> they were, <b class="b2">then and there</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.121</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1235</span>; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.19</span>; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.19</span>; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει Sophr. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1214a2</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει</b> <b class="b2">on the spot</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">14</span>: c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>612d</span>: strengthd., ὥ. γε <b class="b2">just exactly as</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>673</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. καί</b> <b class="b2">even as</b>, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ <span class="bibl">Il.6.477</span>; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">ὥ</b>. also follows <b class="b3">ἴσος</b>, in <span class="bibl">Od.20.282</span>, <b class="b3">μοῖραν . . ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>533</span>; so after <b class="b3">ὁ αὐτός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.33</span>; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> c. subj., v. infr.<span class="bibl">111</span>; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 87b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.14</span>; cf. ὡσπερεί <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, <b class="b2">as it were, so to speak</b>, ὥ. ἀκονιτί <span class="bibl">Th.4.73</span>; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1276</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>234</span>; ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 270d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>384c</span>; in later Gk. sts. after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">βάθρον ὥ</b>. Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.33</span>; <b class="b3">στέφανος ὥ. τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42</span>: freq. with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 277</span>; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86b</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες</b> <b class="b2">as if</b> they had done, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.7</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. ἐξόν</b> <b class="b2">as if</b> it were in our power, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.14</span>; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.3</span>; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην... καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.19</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν</b> a seat <b class="b2">like</b> that used in the chariot, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> rarely of Time, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> = [[ἕως ἄν]], <b class="b2">so long as</b>, or <b class="b2">however long</b> (cf. [[ὡς]] Ad. <span class="bibl">2</span>), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1361</span> (sed leg. <b class="b3">ἕωσπερ</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">as soon as</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> after a Comp. (cf. [[ὡς]] Ab. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι <span class="bibl">Xenoph.3.4</span>; ἧττον . . ὥ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.16</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν</b>.</span>
|Definition=or ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">like as, even as</b>, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1396</span>; ἐσῴζετ' ἂν... ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>994</span>; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν... ὥ. Κύκλωπες <span class="bibl">Od.7.206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.333</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.263</span>, <span class="bibl">14.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξεστί θ', ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν</b> . . <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>303</span>; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον <span class="bibl">Th.4.93</span>; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ <span class="bibl">D.45.1</span>; Hom. freq. puts a word between <b class="b3">ὡς</b> and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ <span class="bibl">Od.19.385</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.806</span>, <span class="bibl">1.211</span>; <b class="b2">as for instance</b>, ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥ. &lt;ὁ&gt; εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.3.12</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ</b> differs from <b class="b3">ὡς</b> in Hom., in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in <span class="bibl">Il.24.487</span>, <b class="b3">τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγών;</b> also in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>402</span>, <b class="b3">ὣς δ' αὔτως... ὥ. ὑπέστη;</b> but in Trag. and Att. <b class="b3">ὥ</b>. is very freq. after demonstr. words; before <b class="b3">οὕτως</b>, <span class="bibl">Meliss.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>188</span>; after it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>475</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὥ. καὶ... οὕτω καὶ</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>354b</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ... ὧδε</b> . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>276</span>; τοιοῦτος ὥ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον</b> <b class="b2">just as</b> they were, <b class="b2">then and there</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.121</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1235</span>; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.19</span>; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.19</span>; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει Sophr. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1214a2</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει</b> <b class="b2">on the spot</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">14</span>: c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>612d</span>: strengthd., ὥ. γε <b class="b2">just exactly as</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>673</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. καί</b> <b class="b2">even as</b>, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ <span class="bibl">Il.6.477</span>; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">ὥ</b>. also follows <b class="b3">ἴσος</b>, in <span class="bibl">Od.20.282</span>, <b class="b3">μοῖραν . . ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>533</span>; so after <b class="b3">ὁ αὐτός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.33</span>; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> c. subj., v. infr.<span class="bibl">111</span>; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 87b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.14</span>; cf. ὡσπερεί <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, <b class="b2">as it were, so to speak</b>, ὥ. ἀκονιτί <span class="bibl">Th.4.73</span>; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1276</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>234</span>; ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 270d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>384c</span>; in later Gk. sts. after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">βάθρον ὥ</b>. Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.33</span>; <b class="b3">στέφανος ὥ. τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42</span>: freq. with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 277</span>; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86b</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες</b> <b class="b2">as if</b> they had done, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.7</span>; <b class="b3">ὥ. ἐξόν</b> <b class="b2">as if</b> it were in our power, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.14</span>; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.3</span>; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην... καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.19</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν</b> a seat <b class="b2">like</b> that used in the chariot, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> rarely of Time, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> = [[ἕως ἄν]], <b class="b2">so long as</b>, or <b class="b2">however long</b> (cf. [[ὡς]] Ad. <span class="bibl">2</span>), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1361</span> (sed leg. <b class="b3">ἕωσπερ</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">as soon as</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> after a Comp. (cf. [[ὡς]] Ab. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι <span class="bibl">Xenoph.3.4</span>; ἧττον . . ὥ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.16</span>.—Cf. <b class="b3">ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν</b>.</span>
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English (LSJ)

or ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner,

   A like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς S.Ph.1396; ἐσῴζετ' ἂν... ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται Id.El.994; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν... ὥ. Κύκλωπες Od.7.206, cf. 2.333, Il.4.263, 14.50; ἔξεστί θ', ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν . . Ar.Ra.303; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον Th.4.93; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ D.45.1; Hom. freq. puts a word between ὡς and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ Od.19.385, Il.5.806, 1.211; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥ. <ὁ> εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος X.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. . 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 just as they were, then and there, Hdt. 2.121.δ, cf. S.Ant.1235; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν X.An.4.1.19; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε Id.HG3.1.19; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει Sophr. in PSI11.1214a2; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, ib.14: c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξης Pl.R.612d: strengthd., ὥ. γε just exactly as, Ar.Nu.673; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ Il.6.477; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι Th.1.142, etc.: . 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 πρέπει A.Ag.1311, cf. Th.4.34.    2 ὥσπερ ἄν c. subj., v. infr.111; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι Pl.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. ἀκονιτί Th.4.73; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς Ar.Nu. 1276, cf. Pax234; ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει X.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. ἐγγελῶσα S.El. 277; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος Pl.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 αὐτοῖς Id.Smp.1.11, cf. Mem.2.3.3; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην... καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι Id.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, so long as, or however long (cf. ὡς Ad. 2), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ S.OC1361 (sed leg. ἕωσπερ).    2 as soon as, Ar.Pax24.    IV after a Comp. (cf. ὡς Ab. 1.4); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι Xenoph.3.4; ἧττον . . ὥ. X.HG2.3.16.—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὥσπερ: ἢ ὥς περ, ἐπίρρ., τρόπου, ὡς, καθώς, ζῇν ὥσπερ ἤδη ζῇς Σοφ. Φιλ. 1396· ἐσώζετ’ ἂν ..., ὥσπερ οὐχὶ σώζεται αὐτόθι 994· ἀλλὰ τὸ ῥῆμα συνηθέστερον παραλείπεται ἐννοούμενον εὐκόλως, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν ..., ὥσπερ Κύκλωπες Ὀδ. Η. 206, πρβλ. Β. 333, Ἰλ. Δ. 263, Ξ. 50· ἔξεστι δ’, ὥσπερ Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν .. Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 303· τεταγμένοι ὥσπερ ἔμελλον Θουκ. 4. 93· τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥσπερ ἐγὼ Δημ. 1101. 6· ὁ Ὅμ. συχνάκις παρεμβάλλει λέξιν τινὰ μεταξὺ τοῦ ὡς καὶ τοῦ περ, π. χ. ὡς σὺ περ αὐτή, ὡς τοπάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ Ὀδ. Τ. 885, Ἰλ. Ε. 806, Α. 211· - ὡς παραδείγματος χάριν, ὅταν χορὸς ... γίγνηται, ὥσπερ ὁ εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 3, 12. - Τὸ ὥσπερ διαφέρει τοῦ ὡς παρ’ Ὁμήρ., καθ’ ὄσον σπανίως ἔχει προηγούμενόν τι ῥητῶς ἐκπεφρασμένον ὡς ἐν Ὀδ. Τ. 312, ὧδ., ὀΐεται, ὡς ἔσεταί περ· ἐν Ἰλ. Ω. 487, τηλίκου ὥσπερ ἐγών· ἢ ἐν Ἡσ. Θ. 402, ὥς δ’ αὔτως..., ὥσπερ ὑπέστη· ἀλλὰ παρ’ Ἀττ. τὸ ὥσπερ εἶναι συνηθέστατον μετὰ δεικτικά· πρὸ τοῦ οὕτως, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 188· μετ’ αὐτό, Σοφ. Τραχ. 475, κλπ.· ὥσπερ καί ..., οὕτω καὶ .. Ξεν. Κύρ. 7. 5, 75, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 354Β· ὥσπερ ..., ὦδε ..., Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 276· τοιοῦτος ὥσπερ Πλάτ. Πρωτ. 327D· - αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ εἶχον, καθὼς ἦσαν, Ἡρόδ. 2. 121, 4, πρβλ. Σοφ. Ἀντιγ. 1235· εὐθὺς ὥσπερ εἶχεν Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 1, 19· εὐθὺς ὥσπερ ἔτυχε ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἑλλ. 3. 1, 19· - μετὰ γεν., ὥσπερ ἔχει δόξης Πλάτ. Πολ. 612D· - ἐπιτεταμένον, ὥσπερ γε, ἀκριβῶς καθώς, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 673· - ὥσπερ καί, καθὼς καί, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ Ἰλ. Ζ. 477· ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλο Θουκ. 1. 142· κλπ.· - ὥσπερ ὡσαύτως ἀκολουθεῖ μετὰ τὸ ἴσος, ὡς τὸ καὶ ἐν Ὀδ. Υ. 281, μοῖραν ... ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον, πρβλ. Σοφ. Ἠλ. 532· οὕτω μετὰ τὸ ὁ αὐτός, Πλάτ. Φαίδ. 86Α, Δημ. 119. 25· μετὰ τὰς λ. ὅμοιος, ὁμοίως, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1311, Θουκ. 4. 34. 2) ὥσπερ ἂν μετὰ ὑποτακτ., ἴδε κατωτ. ΙΙΙ· μετὰ εὐκτ. ὥσπερ ἄν τις... λέγοι, ἔνθα ἠδύνατο νὰ τεθῇ ὡσπερανεὶ Πλάτ. Φαίδ. 87Β, πρβλ. Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 1, 14. ΙΙ. περιορίζει ἢ τροποποιεῖ ἰσχυρισμόν τινα ὡς τὸ ὡσπερεί, οἱονεί, ὡς ἐάν, Λατ. tanquam, ὥσπερ ἀκονιτὶ Θουκυδ. 4. 73· τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥσπερ σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς Ἀριστοφάν. Νεφ. 1276, πρβλ. Εἰρ. 234· ἅμα μὲν ... ὥσπερ ὑπεφθόνει Ξεν. Κύρ. 4. 1, 13, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 270Ε, Φαίδων 88Ε, Κρατύλ. 384C· - καὶ συχνάκις μετὰ μετοχῆς ἐν ἀπολύτῳ χρήσει, ὥσπερ ἐγγελῶσα Σοφ. Ἠλ. 277· ὥσπερ ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος Πλάτ. Φαίδων 86Β· ὥσπερ ἐξόν, ὡς ἐὰν ἦτο εἰς τὴν ἐξουσίαν μας, Ξεν. Ἀν. 3. 1, 14· σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥσπερ τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς (ἀντὶ ὥσπερ εἰ τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς εἴη) Ξεν. Συμπ. 1, 11, πρβλ. Ἀπομν. 2. 3, 3· οὕτω κατὰ τὴν μεταβολὴν συντάξεως, ὥσπερ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην ..., καὶ οὔτε ... οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 2. 3, 19· - τὴν ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν, κάθισμα ὡς τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἱππ. 7, 5. ΙΙΙ. σπανίως ἐπὶ χρόνου. 1) ὥσπερ ἂν = ἕως ἄν, ἐφ’ ὅσον, ἢν ἐν ὅσω, (πρβλ. ὡς Β. V. 2), ὥσπερ ὰν ζῶ Σοφ. Οἰδ. Κολ. 1361 (ἔνθα ἕτεροι ἐκλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸ ὡς σημαῖνον καθ’ οἱονδήποτε τρόπον). 2) εὐθὺς ὡς, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 24. IV. μετὰ συγκριτικὸν (πρβλ. ὡς Β. ΙΙΙ. 2), Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 3, 16. - Πρβλ. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ, οὖν.