;ὥσπερdiffers fromὡςin 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; beforeοὕτως,
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 asthey were,then and there,
Hdt. 2.121 .δ́,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 followsἴσος,in Od. 20.282 ,μοῖραν . . ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον,cf. S. El. 533 ; so afterὁ αὐτός,
Pl. Phd. 86a , D. 9.33 ; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει
A. Ag. 1311
, cf. Th. 4.34 .
2. ὥσπερ ἄνc.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 τείχηib. 42 : freq. with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα
S. El. 277
; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος
Pl. Phd. 86b
;ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες as ifthey had done, Lys. 12.7 ;ὥ. ἐξόν as ifit 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 ἕδρανa seatlikethat used in the chariot, Id. Eq. 7.5 .
