ὥσπερ

ὥσπερ, or [full] ὥς περ, Adv. of Manner,

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 Ηλον 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 [dialect] 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.OT276;

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.HG3.1.19

;

τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει Sophr.

in PSI11.1214a2; 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.HG3.1.14; 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. Pax234;

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.HG2.3.19

; 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.OC1361

(sed leg. ἕωσπερ).

2 as soon as, Ar.Pax24.

IV after a [comp] Comp. (cf. ὡς Ab. 1.4);

οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι Xenoph.3.4

;

ἧττον . . ὥ. X.HG2.3.16

.—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.