A). like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς S. Ph. 1396 ; ἐσῴζετ’ 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 θ’, 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 ; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς .. γίγνηται, ὥ. <ὁ> εἰς Η=λον 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 δ’ 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 just as they were, then and there, Hdt. 2.121 .δ/, 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 on the spot, ib. 14 : c. gen., ὥ. ἔχει δόξης Pl. R. 612d : strengthd., ὥ. γε just exactly as, Ar. Nu. 673 ; ὥ. καί even as, 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 .

2). ὥσπερ ἄν c. subj., v. infr. 111 ; c. opt., ὥσπερ ἄν τις .. λέγοι Pl. Phd. 87b , cf. X. HG 3.1.14 ; cf. ὡσπερεί 11 .

II). to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, as it were, so to speak, 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 as if they had done, Lys. 12.7 ; ὥ. ἐξόν as if 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 like that used in the chariot, Id. Eq. 7.5 .

III). rarely of Time,

1). ὥσπερ ἄν = ἕως ἄν , so long as, or however long (cf. ὡς Ad. 2 ), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ S. OC 1361 (sed leg. ἕωσπερ).

2). as soon as, Ar. Pax 24 .

IV). after a Comp. (cf. ὡς Ab. 1.4 ); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι Xenoph. 3.4 ; ἧττον .. ὥ. X. HG 2.3.16 .—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.