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|Definition=Conj. (from [[ὁμῶς]], with changed accent), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[all the same]], [[nevertheless]], used to limit whole clauses, once in Hom. (unless it is read in <span class="bibl">Od.11.565</span>), Σαρπήδοντι δ' ἄχος γένετο... ὅ. δ' οὐ λήθετο χάρμης <span class="bibl">Il.12.393</span>; ὅ. πιθοῦ μοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1064</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>519</span>; <b class="b3">κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ</b>. and [[yet]] not so as to be observed, <span class="bibl">Thgn.442</span>; νῦν δὲ ὅ. θαρρῶ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Smp.</span>193e</span>, etc. : freq. strengthd. by other words, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ὅ</b>. but [[still]], but [[for all that]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1085</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὅ. μήν</b> (Dor. [[μάν]]) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 2.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>297d</span>; ὅ. μέντοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span>54d</span>; ὅ. γε μήν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>631</span>, <span class="bibl">822</span>; ὅ. γε μέντοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1344</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>61</span> : used elliptically, <b class="b3">πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ' ὅ</b>. (sc. [[οἰστέον]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>956</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>843</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>1027</span> (prob.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> freq. in apodosi after <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ</b> (κεἰ) or <b class="b3">καὶ ἐάν</b> (κἄν), κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ' ὅ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>234</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>933</span>; but [[ὅ]]., though it belongs in sense to the apodosis, is freq. closely attached to the protasis, <b class="b3">μέμνησ' Ὀρέστου, κεἰ θυραῖός ἐσθ' ὅ</b>., i.e. <b class="b3">κεἰ θ. ἐστι, ὅμως μέμνησο</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">115</span>; <b class="b3">λέξον... κεἰ στένεις ὅ</b>., i.e. <b class="b3">κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>295</span>; κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅ., φώνημ' ἀκούω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>15</span> : sometimes it even stands in the protasis, ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι' ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>957</span>; ἐγὼ μὲν εἴην, κεἰ πέφυχ' ὅ. λάτρις, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν ἠριθμημένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>728</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the protasis is freq. replaced by a part., ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.120</span>; <b class="b3">κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ</b>. (i. e. <b class="b3">εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1115</span> : strengthd., πιθοῦ, καίπερ οὐ στέργων ὅ. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>712</span>; ἱκνοῦμαι, καὶ γυνή περ οὖσ' ὅ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>680</span>; τάδ' ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>851</span>; ἐρήσομαι δέ, καὶ κακῶς πάσχουσ' ὅ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>280</span> : sometimes it precedes, <b class="b3">τόλμα... ὅ. ἄτλητα πεπονθώς</b>, for <b class="b3">καίπερ πεπονθώς, ὅ. τόλμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1029</span> : in Prose, οἱ δὲ . . ὅ. ταῦτα πυνθανόμενοι ἀρρώδεον <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.74</span>; οἱ τετρακόσιοι . . ὅ. καὶ τεθορυβημένοι ξυνελέγοντο <span class="bibl">Th.8.93</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.63</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.21</span> : exceptionally, ἡ ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν, ἔχουσά τινα ὅμως . . κούφισιν, οὐδ' ὧς ῥᾳδία ἐδοξάζετο <span class="bibl">Th.7.75</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> where the protasis does not contain a verb, <b class="b3">ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ</b>. (v.l. [[ὁμῶς]]) ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>20</span>; βαρέα δ' οὖν ὅ. φράσον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>810</span>; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ, ὅ. ἐπέμειξεν ἡ φύσις ἡδονήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>240b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> used to break off a speech, <b class="b2">however . .</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>74</span>; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, [[after all]], [[in spite of all]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.105</span>, <span class="bibl">3.28</span>,<span class="bibl">80</span>,<span class="bibl">7.1</span>.</span>