ὥσπερ
ὥσπερ, or ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner,
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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. 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Mem. 3.3.12", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:3.3.perseus-grc2.12" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157367", "data": { "quote": "τοιοῦτος ὥ.", "ref": "Pl. Prt. 327d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022.perseus-grc2:327d" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157368", "data": { "quote": "εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν", "ref": "X. An. 4.1.19", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:4.1.perseus-grc2.19" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157369", "data": { "quote": "εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε", "ref": "Id. HG 3.1.19", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:3.1.perseus-grc2.19" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157370", "data": { "quote": "τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει", "ref": "", "urn": "" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157371", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. ἔχει δόξης", "ref": "Pl. R. 612d", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:612d" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157372", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. γε", "ref": "Ar. Nu. 673", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:673" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157373", "data": { "quote": "ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ", "ref": "Il. 6.477", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.477" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157374", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι", "ref": "Th. 1.142", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.142" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157375", "data": { "quote": "ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει", "ref": "A. Ag. 1311", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1311" } } ], "children": [ { "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-0", "children": [ { "label": "2", "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.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-0-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157376", "data": { "quote": "ὥσπερ ἄν τις . . λέγοι", "ref": "Pl. Phd. 87b", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:87b" } } ], "children": [] } ] }, { "label": "II", "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.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-1", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157377", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. ἀκονιτί", "ref": "Th. 4.73", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.73" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157378", "data": { "quote": "τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς", "ref": "Ar. Nu. 1276", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1276" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157379", "data": { "quote": "ἅμα μὲν . . ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει", "ref": "X. Cyr. 4.1.13", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:4.1.perseus-grc2.13" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157380", "data": { "quote": "ἐσφιγμένον ὥ.", "ref": "Porph. Chr. 26", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg023.perseus-grc2:26" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157381", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα", "ref": "S. El. 277", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:277" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157382", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος", "ref": "Pl. Phd. 86b", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:86b" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157383", "data": { "quote": "σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς", "ref": "Id. Smp. 1.11", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1.11" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157384", "data": { "quote": "ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην . . , καὶ οὔτε . . οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι", "ref": "Id. HG 2.3.19", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:2.3.perseus-grc2.19" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "III", "definition": "", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-2", "citations": [], "children": [ { "label": "1", "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).", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-2-0", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157385", "data": { "quote": "ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ", "ref": "S. OC 1361", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1361" } } ], "children": [] }, { "label": "2", "definition": "<i>as soon as,</i> Ar. Pax 24.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-2-1", "citations": [], "children": [] } ] }, { "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.", "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n116416-0-0-3", "citations": [ { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157386", "data": { "quote": "οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι", "ref": "Xenoph. 3.4", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.4" } }, { "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-157387", "data": { "quote": "ἧττον . . ὥ.", "ref": "X. HG 2.3.16", "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:2.3.perseus-grc2.16" } } ], "children": [] } ] } ] } ], "key": "w(/sper", "type": "main" }