ὡς
ὡς
[ὅς, who], rel. adv. and conj., as, how. As adv., as, how, as if, apparently, ostensibly, as he (they) said, alleging that, on the ground that, thinking that, with the avowed intention, often with a circumstantial ptc. of cause or purpose, showing that the ptc. states the real, or pretended, reason or purpose as given out by the subject of the main verb or of somebody else mentioned prominently in the context, but not implying that the writer or speaker asserts it to be the actual reason or purpose; so with gen. abs. or a prepositional phrase; with numerals, about, with sup. (cp. Lat. quam), ὡς μάλιστα, without a form of δύναμαι, as much as possible, ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible; ὡς ἐδύνατο, as best he could, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ, as a rule, generally; ὡς συνελόντι εἰπεῖν, to speak concisely, As prep., only of persons, to. As conj., as, that; of cause, as, since; of time, when, ὡς τάχιστα,
as soon as, with indic.; introducing indir. disc., how, that, with indic. or opt.; of purpose, that, in order’ that, with subj. or opt.; of result or intended result, so that, so as to, with inf.; βραχύτερα ἣ ὡς ἐξικνεῖσθαι, too short a distance to reach, ὥς [ὅς, this, epic], dem. adv., used in Attic only in certain phrases, thus, so; οὐδ᾽ ws, not even under these circumstances.
Headword (normalized):
ὡς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ως
Intro Text:
ὡς
[ὅς, who], rel. adv. and conj., as, how. As adv., as, how, as if, apparently, ostensibly, as he (they) said, alleging that, on the ground that, thinking that, with the avowed intention, often with a circumstantial ptc. of cause or purpose, showing that the ptc. states the real, or pretended, reason or purpose as given out by the subject of the main verb or of somebody else mentioned prominently in the context, but not implying that the writer or speaker asserts it to be the actual reason or purpose; so with gen. abs. or a prepositional phrase; with numerals, about, with sup. (cp. Lat. quam), ὡς μάλιστα, without a form of δύναμαι, as much as possible, ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible; ὡς ἐδύνατο, as best he could, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ, as a rule, generally; ὡς συνελόντι εἰπεῖν, to speak concisely, As prep., only of persons, to. As conj., as, that; of cause, as, since; of time, when, ὡς τάχιστα,
as soon as, with indic.; introducing indir. disc., how, that, with indic. or opt.; of purpose, that, in order’ that, with subj. or opt.; of result or intended result, so that, so as to, with inf.; βραχύτερα ἣ ὡς ἐξικνεῖσθαι, too short a distance to reach, ὥς [ὅς, this, epic], dem. adv., used in Attic only in certain phrases, thus, so; οὐδ᾽ ws, not even under these circumstances.
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-2614
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