ὥσπερ
ὥσπερ, or ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner,
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"definition": "<i>like as, even as,</i> ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς S. Ph. 1396; ἐσῴζετʼ ἂν . . , ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται Id. El. 994; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν . . , ὥ. Κύκλωπες Od. 7.206, cf. 2.333, Il. 4.263, 14.50; ἔξεστί θʼ, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν . . Ar. Ra. 303; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον Th. 4.93; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ D. 45.1; Hom. freq. puts a word between ὡς and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ Od. 19.385, Il. 5.806, 1.211; <i>as for instance,</i> ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥ. <ὁ> εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος X. Mem. 3.3.12; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in Hom., in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in Il. 24.487, τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγών; also in Hes. Th. 402, ὣς δʼ αὔτως . . , ὥ. ὑπέστη; but in Trag. and Att. ὥ. is very freq. after demonstr. words; before οὕτως, Meliss. 3, Ar. Av. 188; after it, S. Tr. 475, etc.; ὥ. καὶ . . , οὕτω καὶ . . X. Cyr. 7.5.75, cf. Pl. R. 354b; ὥ . . , ὧδε . . S. OT 276; τοιοῦτος ὥ. Pl. Prt. 327d; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον <i>just as</i> they were, <i>then and there,</i> Hdt. 2.121.δʹ, cf. S. Ant. 1235; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν X. An. 4.1.19; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε Id. HG 3.1.19; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει Sophr. in PSI 11.1214a2; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει <i>on the spot,</i> ib. 14: c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξης Pl. R. 612d: strengthd., ὥ. γε <i>just exactly as,</i> Ar. Nu. 673; ὥ. καί <i>even as,</i> ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ Il. 6.477; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι Th. 1.142, etc.: ὥ. also follows ἴσος, in Od. 20.282, μοῖραν . . ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον, cf. S. El. 533; so after ὁ αὐτός, Pl. Phd. 86a, D. 9.33; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει A. Ag. 1311, cf. Th. 4.34.",
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"quote": "ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς",
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"quote": "ἐσῴζετʼ ἂν . . , ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται",
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"quote": "οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν . . , ὥ. Κύκλωπες",
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"quote": "τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον",
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"quote": "τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ",
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"quote": "ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ",
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"quote": "ὅταν χορὸς . . γίγνηται, ὥ. <ὁ> εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενος",
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"quote": "τοιοῦτος ὥ.",
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"quote": "εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν",
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"quote": "εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε",
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"quote": "τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει",
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"quote": "ὥ. ἔχει δόξης",
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"quote": "ὥ. γε",
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"quote": "ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ",
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"quote": "ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι",
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"quote": "ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει",
"ref": "A. Ag. 1311",
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"definition": "ὥσπερ ἄν c. subj., v. infr. III; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι Pl. Phd. 87b, cf. X. HG 3.1.14; cf. ὡσπερεί II.",
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"quote": "ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι",
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"definition": "<i>as it were, so to speak,</i> ὥ. ἀκονιτί Th. 4.73; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς Ar. Nu. 1276, cf. Pax 234; ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει X. Cyr. 4.1.13, cf. Pl. Phdr. 270d, Cra. 384c; in later Gk. sts. after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. Porph. Chr. 26; βάθρον ὥ. Sch. Pi. O. 8.33; στέφανος ὥ. τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη ib. 42: freq. with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα S. El. 277; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος Pl. Phd. 86b; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες <i>as if</i> they had done, Lys. 12.7; ὥ. ἐξόν <i>as if</i> it were in our power, X. An. 3.1.14; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς Id. Smp. 1.11, cf. Mem. 2.3.3; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην . . , καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι Id. HG 2.3.19; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat <i>like</i> that used in the chariot, Id. Eq. 7.5.",
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"quote": "ὥ. ἀκονιτί",
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"quote": "τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς",
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"quote": "ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει",
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"quote": "ἐσφιγμένον ὥ.",
"ref": "Porph. Chr. 26",
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"quote": "ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα",
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"quote": "ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος",
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"quote": "σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς",
"ref": "Id. Smp. 1.11",
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"quote": "ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην . . , καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι",
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"label": "III",
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"definition": "ὥσπερ ἄν = ἕως ἄν, <i>so long as,</i> or <i>however long</i> (cf. ὡς Ad. 2), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ S. OC 1361 (sed leg. ἕωσπερ).",
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"quote": "ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ",
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"label": "2",
"definition": "<i>as soon as,</i> Ar. Pax 24.",
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"label": "IV",
"definition": "Comp. (cf. ὡς Ab. 1.4); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι Xenoph. 3.4; ἧττον . . ὥ. X. HG 2.3.16.—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.",
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"quote": "οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι",
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"quote": "ἧττον . . ὥ.",
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