ὥσπερ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[ὥς περ]], Adv. of Manner, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[like as]], [[even as]], ζῆν ὥσπερ ἤδη ζῇς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1396</span>; ἐσῴζετ' ἂν... ὥσπερ 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... ὥσπερ 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', ὥσπερ Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν</b> . . <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>303</span>; τεταγμένοι ὥσπερ ἔμελλον <span class="bibl">Th.4.93</span>; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥσπερ ἐγώ <span class="bibl">D.45.1</span>; Hom. freq. puts a word between [[ὡς]] 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>; [[as for instance]], ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥσπερ &lt;ὁ&gt; εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.3.12</span>; [[ὥσπερ]] differs from [[ὡς]] in Hom., in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in <span class="bibl">Il.24.487</span>, <b class="b3">τηλίκου ὥσπερ ἐγών;</b> also in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>402</span>, <b class="b3">ὣς δ' αὔτως... ὥσπερ ὑπέστη;</b> but in Trag. and Att. [[ὥσπερ]] is very freq. after demonstr. words; before [[οὕτως]], <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">ὥσπερ 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">ὥσπερ.. ὧδε</b> . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>276</span>; τοιοῦτος ὥσπερ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ εἶχον</b> [[just as]] they were, [[then and there]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.121</span>.δ, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1235</span>; εὐθὺς ὥσπερ εἶχεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.19</span>; εὐθὺς ὥσπερ ἔτυχε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.19</span>; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥσπερ ἔχει Sophr. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1214a2</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥσπερ ἔχει</b> [[on the spot]], ib.<span class="bibl">14</span>: c. gen., ὥσπερ ἔχει δόξης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>612d</span>: strengthened, ὥσπερ γε [[just exactly as]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>673</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ καί</b> [[even as]], ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ <span class="bibl">Il.6.477</span>; ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλο τι <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, etc.: [[ὥσπερ]] also follows [[ἴσος]], 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 ὥσπερ 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"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> c. subj., v. infr.''III''; 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]] ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, [[as it were]], [[so to speak]], ὥσπερ ἀκονιτί <span class="bibl">Th.4.73</span>; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥσπερ 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 . . ὥσπερ 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. sometimes after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥσπερ <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 ὥσπερ τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42</span>: freq. with parts., ὥσπερ ἐγγελῶσα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span> 277</span>; ὥσπερ ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>86b</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες</b> [[as if]] they had done, <span class="bibl">Lys.12.7</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἐξόν</b> [[as if]] it were in our power, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.14</span>; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥσπερ 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, ὥσπερ 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 ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν</b> a seat [[like]] that used in the chariot, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> rarely of [[time]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἄν</b> = [[ἕως ἄν]], [[so long as]], or [[however long]] (cf. [[ὡς]] Ad. <span class="bibl">2</span>), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1361</span> (sed leg. [[ἕωσπερ]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[as soon as]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> after a Comp. (cf. [[ὡς]] Ab. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>); οὐ μείους ὥσπερ χίλιοι <span class="bibl">Xenoph.3.4</span>; ἧττον . . ὥσπερ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.16</span>.—Cf. [[ὡσπερεί]], [[ὥσπερ οὖν]]</b>.</span>