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ὅσῳπερ

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv. relat.
(d’autant plus…) que.
Étymologie: ὅσος, περ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὅσῳπερ: тж. раздельно
1 до такой степени, тем более (μεῖζον αὐτὸ ἀγαθὸν ἡγοῦμαι, ὅ. … Plat.);
2 (при compar. или superl.) чем: ὅ. …, τόσῳ … Plat. чем (более) …, тем …;
3 в такой же степени, так же: ὅ. τὸ πρῶτον Plat. так же, как вначале.