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|Definition=Conj. (from [[ὁμῶς]], with changed accent),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[all the same]], [[nevertheless]], used to limit whole clauses, once in Hom. (unless it is read in Od.11.565), Σαρπήδοντι δ' ἄχος γένετο... ὅ. δ' οὐ λήθετο χάρμης Il.12.393; ὅ. πιθοῦ μοι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1064, cf. ''Ant.''519; <b class="b3">κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ.</b> and [[yet]] not so as to be observed, Thgn.442; νῦν δὲ ὅ. θαρρῶ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 193e, etc.: freq. strengthened by other words, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ὅ.</b> but [[still]], but [[for all that]], Pi.''P.''1.85, Ar.''V.''1085, etc.; <b class="b3">ὅ. μήν</b> (Dor. [[μάν]]) Pi.''P.'' 2.82, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 297d; ὅ. μέντοι Id.''Cri.''54d; ὅ. γε μήν Ar.''Nu.''631, 822; ὅ. γε μέντοι Id.''V.''1344, ''Ra.''61: used elliptically, <b class="b3">πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ' ὅ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[οἰστέον]]) Id.''Ach.''956, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Hecuba|Hec.]]''843, ''Ba.''1027 (prob.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> freq. in apodosi after <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ</b> ([[κεἰ]]) or <b class="b3">καὶ ἐάν</b> ([[κἄν]]), κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ' ὅ. S.''Ant.''234, cf. A.''Ch.''933; but [[ὅ]]., though it belongs in sense to the apodosis, is freq. closely attached to the protasis, <b class="b3">μέμνησ' Ὀρέστου, κεἰ θυραῖός ἐσθ' ὅ.</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">κεἰ θ. ἐστι, ὅμως μέμνησο</b>, ib.115; <b class="b3">λέξον... κεἰ στένεις ὅ.</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον</b>, Id.''Pers.''295; κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅ., φώνημ' ἀκούω [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''15: sometimes it even stands in the protasis, ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι' ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι Id.''OC''957; ἐγὼ μὲν εἴην, κεἰ πέφυχ' ὅ. λάτρις, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν ἠριθμημένος E.''Hel.''728.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the protasis is freq. replaced by a part., ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.120; <b class="b3">κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ.</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι</b>) S.''Tr.''1115: strengthened, πιθοῦ, καίπερ οὐ στέργων ὅ. A. ''Th.''712; ἱκνοῦμαι, καὶ γυνή περ οὖσ' ὅ. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''680; τάδ' ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''851; ἐρήσομαι δέ, καὶ κακῶς πάσχουσ' ὅ. [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 280: sometimes it precedes, <b class="b3">τόλμα... ὅ. ἄτλητα πεπονθώς</b>, for <b class="b3">καίπερ πεπονθώς, ὅ. τόλμα</b>, Thgn.1029: in Prose, οἱ δὲ.. ὅ. ταῦτα πυνθανόμενοι ἀρρώδεον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.74; οἱ τετρακόσιοι.. ὅ. καὶ τεθορυβημένοι ξυνελέγοντο Th.8.93, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.63, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.21: exceptionally, ἡ ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν, ἔχουσά τινα ὅμως.. κούφισιν, οὐδ' ὧς ῥᾳδία ἐδοξάζετο Th.7.75.<br><span class="bld">3</span> where the protasis does not contain a verb, <b class="b3">ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ.</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὁμῶς]]) ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει Hes.''Op.''20; βαρέα δ' οὖν ὅ. φράσον A.''Th.''810; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ, ὅ. ἐπέμειξεν ἡ φύσις ἡδονήν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''240b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> used to break off a speech, however.., A.''Eu.''74; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, [[after all]], [[in spite of all]], Th.1.105, 3.28,80,7.1.