ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
[Seite 396] ion. = ὁσονοῦν, wie wenig es auch sei, Her. 2, 22.
adv.v. ὅσος.
