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|Definition=or <b class="b3">ὥσπερ εἰ</b>, Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">just as if</b>, with indic., ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1201</span>; with opt., ὥσπερ τις εἴ σοι . . μηδὲν διδοίη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 776</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι</b> to say '<b class="b2">as it were</b>', Longin.32.3; <b class="b3">ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.37</span>: with Nouns or parts., <b class="b2">as it were</b>, ὡ. ψῆτταν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>115</span>; ὡ. προκείμενον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>537</span>; ἃ ὡ. στοιχεῖα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>422a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ</b> or <b class="b3">ὡσπερανεί</b> (prop. elliptical for <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ</b>... or the like ), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>479a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>311b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.148</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.2</span>; Dor. <b class="b3">ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι</b> they gape <b class="b2">as it were</b> 'by numbers' <span class="bibl">Sophr.25</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ</b> with impf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>420c</span>: cf. ὥσπερ <span class="bibl">1.2</span>.</span>