ὥσπερ — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.ὥπερrelatv.advὡς B, περ1 making a comparisonin just the same way asjust asHom.σὺ δέ μοι δὸς ξείνιον, ὥς περ ὑπέστηςgive me a gift, just as you promisedOd.usu. without vb.just likesomeone or sthg.Hom. Eleg.ἄλλοι ... Ἀχαιοὶ ἐν θυμῷ βάλλονται ἐμοὶ χόλον, ὥς περ Ἀχιλλεύςthe other Achaeans are laying up anger at me in their hearts, just like AchillesIl.also w.adv. ὁμοίως similarly, occas. w.adj. ὅμοιοςA. Th. Att.orats. introducing a specific exampleas for instanceὅταν γε χορὸς εἷς ἐκ τῆσδε τῆς πόλεως γίγνηται, ὥσπερ ὁ εἰς Δῆλον πεμπόμενοςwhen there is one chorus from this state, as for instance the one sent to DelosX.to introduce a contrastκαὶ οὐδενὸς ὑμᾶς βιασαμένου ὥσπερ ἡμᾶςand no one had forced you, as in our caseTh. introducing a hypothetical situationjust as ifw. ἄν + opt.someone were to say or do sthg.Att.orats.more freq. w.ptcpl.S. E. Lys. Pl. X.ὥσπερ ἐγγελῶσα τοῖς ποιουμένοιςjust as if laughing at one's deedsS. introducing a statement or metaphoras it were, so to speakTh. Ar. Pl. X.ἐοίκοι ἂν ὥσπερ τυφλοῦ πορείᾳit would be like the progress of a blind person Pl. modifying a numberοὐ μείους ὥσπερ χίλιοιno fewer than about a thousandXenoph. in phrs., ref. to timeὥσπερ εἶχε or εἶχονjust as he wasthey werei.e. immediatelyHdt. S. Th. Ar.

ShortDef

just as if, even as

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ὥσπερ

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ὥσπερ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ωσπερ

Intro Text:

ὥσ-περin Hom. Hes. always two wds.ὥς περsts.ὡς ... περ

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27618

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-27619

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