ὡσανεί
From LSJ
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English (LSJ)
or ὡς ἂν εἰ (
A ὡς κἂν εἰ Arist.Mu.396b1), as if, as it were, with Verbs, τὸ . . πνεῦμα ὡσανεὶ προδιαλύεται Id.Pr.934b6; πόλις ἥτις ὡ. πρόσχημα . . ἦν Plb.3.15.3; μήτε βλέπειν μήτ' ἀκούειν, ἀλλ' ὡ. βλέπειν καὶ ὡ. ἀκούειν Plu.2.961f; with a part., ὡ. προκαλούμενος Plb. 1.46.11; with Nouns, ὡ. σάρκες Arist.Metaph.1036b10; ὡ. ἀμμῶδες Id.Mir.831b30; μέγεθος ὡ. βοῦς ib.832b15, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1421] oder richtiger getrennt ὡς ἂν εἰ, gleich als wenn, gleichsam, Plut. u. a. Sp.
