ὥστε

ὥστε,

A as Adv., bearing the same relation to ὡς as ὅστε to ὅς, and used by Hom. more freq. than ὡς in similes, when it is commonly written divisim, and is relat. to a demonstr. ὥς: sts. c. [tense] pres. Indic., Il.2.459 sq., 12.421, 13.703: sts. c. [tense] aor.,

ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη 3.23

: sts. c. subj. [tense] pres. or [tense] aor., 2.474 sq., 11.67, 16.428, Od.22.302: all three usages combined in one simile, with varied construction, Il.5.136-9:—the verb is sts. omitted,

λάμφ' ὥς τε στεροπή 10.154

: this usage of ὥστε is chiefly [dialect] Ep. (Pi. uses ὧτε, q. v.), but it occurs in Alc.(?)27 (prob.), B.12.124 and sts. in Trag.,

κατώρυχες δ' ἔναιον ὥστ' ἀήσυροι μύρμηκες A.Pr.452

, cf. Th.62, Pers. 424, Ch.421 (lyr.), S.OC343, Ant.1033, Tr.112 (lyr.).

II to mark the power or virtue by which one does a thing, as being, inasmuch as, like ἅτε, τὸν δ' ἐξήρπαξ' Ἀφροδίτη ῥεῖα μάλ', ὥ. θεός Il.3.381, cf. 18.518; ὥ. περὶ ψυχῆς since it was for life, Od.9.423;

ὥ. ταῦτα νομίζων Hdt.1.8

, cf. 5.83, 101, 6.94.

B as Conj. to express the actual or intended result of the action in the principal clause:

I mostly c. inf., so as or for to do a thing, twice in Hom., εἰ δέ σοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, ὥ. νέεσθαι if thy heart is eager to return, Il.9.42; οὐ τηλίκος . . , ὥ. σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι not of such age as to obey a master in all things, Od.17.21;

ῥηϊδίως κεν ἐργάσσαιο, ὥ. σε κεἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἔχειν Hes.Op.44

; ὥ. ἀποπλησθῆναι (ἀποπλῆσαι codd.)

τὸν χρησμόν Hdt.8.96

: freq. in Pi., O.9.74, N.5.1, 35, al.; also in Trag. and [dialect] Att. after demonstratives,

οὔπω τοσοῦτον ἠπατημένος κυρῶ ὥστ' ἄλλα χρῄζειν S.OT595

, etc.; this constr. is found in cases where (as in Il.9.42 supr. cit.) ὥστε seems superfluous; so after

ἐθέλειν, Κύπρις . . ἤθελ' ὥ. γίγνεσθαι τόδε E.Hipp.1327

; after ἔστι, for ἔξεστι, S.Ph.656; after ψηφίζεσθαι, Th.5.17; after ἐπαίρειν, E.Supp.581;

ἐπαγγελλόμενοι ὥ. βοηθεῖν Th.8.86

; after words implying request,

δεηθέντες . . ὥ. ψηφίσασθαι Id.1.119

;

πεῖσαι ὥ. συγχωρῆσαι Id.8.45

.

2 after Comparatives with ἤ, when the possibility of the consequence is denied (cf.

ὡς B. 111.2

), μέζω κακὰ ἢ ὥστε ἀνακλαίειν woes too great for tears, Hdt. 3.14;

μεῖζον ἢ ὥστε φέρειν δύνασθαι κακόν X.Mem.3.5.17

: but in Poetry ὥστε is sts. left out,

νόσημα μεῖζον ἢ φέρειν S.OT1293

;

κρείσσον' ἢ φέρειν κακά E.Hec.1107

(rarely in Prose, Pl.Tht.149c); similarly with the Posit., ψυχρὸν ὥ. λούσασθαι too cold to bathe in, X.Mem.3.13.3; ἡμεῖς ἔτι νέοι ὥ. διελέσθαι too young to . . , Pl.Prt. 314b;

γέρων ἐκεῖνος ὥ. δ' ὠφελεῖν παρών E.Andr.80

: this ὥστε is sts. omitted after words implying comparison, ὀλίγους εἶναι στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλέειν too few . . Hdt.6.109;

ταπεινὴ ἡ διάνοια ἐγκαρτερεῖν Th.2.61

, etc.

3 ὥστε . . ἄν is used with inf., of contingencies more or less improbable,

οὕτως ἐκάετο ὥστε μήτε . . ἄλλο τι ἢ γυμνοὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, ἥδιστά τε ἂν ἐς ὕσωρ ψυχρὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ῥίπτειν Th.2.49

, cf. S.OT374, El.1316, D.8.35.

4 sts. implying on condition that . . , like ἐφ' ᾧτε, παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς Ἀθηναίοις, ὥστε βουλεῦσαι ὅ τι ἂν ἐκείνοις δοκῇ Th.4.37, cf. X.An.5.6.26.

II c. Indic., to express the actual or possible result with emphasis,

οὐκ οὕτω φρενοβλαβὴς ὁ Πρίαμος οὐδὲ οἱ ἄλλοι . . , ὥ. κινδυνεύειν ἐβούλοντο Hdt.2.120

(fort. delendum ἐβούλοντο)

; ἀσθενέες οὕτω, ὥ. . . διατετρανέεις Id.3.12

; οὕτως ἀγνωμόνως ἔχετε, ὥ. ἐλπίζετε . . ; are you so foolish that you expect . . ? D.2.26,

βέβηκεν, ὥ. πᾶν ἐν ἡσύχῳ ἔξεστι φωνεῖν S.OC82

, cf. OT533: freq. in X., Mem.2.2.3, al.; with ἄν and the [tense] impf. or [tense] aor. implying a supposed case,

ὥστ', εἰ φρονῶν ἔπρασσον, οὐδ' ἂν ὧδ' ἐγιγνόμην κακός S.OC271

; ὥστε οὐκ ἂν ἔλαθεν

αὐτόθεν ὁρμώμενος Th.5.6

:

ὥστε τὴν πόλιν ἂν ἡγήσω πολέμου ἐργαστήριον εἶναι X.Ages.1.26

.

2 at the beginning of a sentence, to mark a strong conclusion, and so, therefore,

ὥστ' . . ὄλωλα καί σε προσδιαφθερῶ S.Ph.75

;

ὥστ' οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ' εὕδοντά μ' ἐξεγείρετε Id.OT 65

;

ὥ. καὶ ταῦτα λεχθήσεται Arist.Metaph.1004a22

: c. imper.,

θνητὸς δ' Ὀρέστης, ὥ. μὴ λίαν στένε S.El.1172

;

ὥ. θάρρει X.Cyr.1.3.18

, cf. Pl.Prt.311a;

ὥ. ἂν βούλησθε χειροτονήσατε D.9.70

cod.A (-ήσετε cett.); before a question,

ὥ. τίς ἂν ἀπετόλμησε . .; Lys.7.28

.

3 c. opt., with ἄν, Hdt.2.16;

βρέφος γὰρ ἦν τότ' . . , ὥστ' οὐκ ἂν αὐτὸν γνωρίσαιμ' E.Or.379

, cf. S.OT857, Ar.Ach.943 (lyr.). b. c. opt. in orat. obliq., X.HG3.5.23; after opt. in principal clause, Id.Oec.1.13.

4 with subj., in order that, in Thessalian dialect,

τὸς ταμίας φροντίσαι οὕστε . . γενειθεῖ τᾶ πόλι ἁ δόσις BCH59.38

([place name] Crannon); ἀντιλλαβέσθαι τᾶς πόλλιος (sic) οὕστε . . ἐς πάντουν ἐγλυθεῖ τοῦν δανείουν ib.p.37.

III with part., instead of inf., after a part. in the principal clause,

τοσοῦτον ἁπάντων διενεγκόντες, ὥσθ' ὑπὲρ Ἀργείων δυστυχησάντων Θηβαίοις . . ἐπιτάττοντες κτλ. Isoc.4.64

(s. v.l.); οὕτω σφόδρα μισοῦντα τοῦτον, ὥστε πολὺ δὴ (ἂν Dobree)

θᾶττον διαθέμενον κτλ. Is.9.16

;

ὥστε . . δέον D.3.1

.

IV

πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν

extremely,

LXX 2 Ki.2.17

.

V in later Greek, folld. by Preps.,

Παρμένοντι κλειδὸς ὥ. ἐπὶ τὸ Διοσκούριον Inscr.Délos316.83

(iii B. C.);

ξύλον ὥ. ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν IG11(2)

287 A52 (iii B. C.); μόλυβδος ὥ. εἰς τὸ Κύνθιον ib.203A52 (iii B. C.); κριθῶν ὥ. εἰς τὰ κτήνη barley for the animals, PCair.Zen.251.5 (iii B. C.);

ὥ. εἰς ξένια φοίνικας PHal.1.7.4

(iii B. C.).

b c. dat., for, χρεία αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ὥ. Πισικλεῖ it is needed for P., PCair.Zen.241 (iii B. C.);

ὥ. τοῖς χησίν IG11(2).287

A45 (iii B. C.).