ὥστε , 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. pres. Ind
ὥστε,
A. asAdv., bearing the same relation toὡςasὅστεtoὅς,and used by Hom. more freq. thanὡςin similes, when it is commonly written divisim, and is relat. to a demonstr.ὥς: sts. c.pres.Indic., Il. 2.459 sq., 12.421 , 13.703 : sts. c.aor., ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη
3.23
: sts. c.subj. pres.oraor., 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 ofὥστεis chiefly Ep. ( Pi. usesὧτε,q. v.), but it occurs in Alc. (?) 27 (prob.), B. 12.124 and sts. in Trag., κατώρυχες δ' ἔναιον ὥστ' ἀήσυροι μύρμηκες
Il. 3.381 , cf. 18.518 ;ὥ. περὶ ψυχῆς since it wasfor life, Od. 9.423 ; ὥ. ταῦτα νομίζων
Hdt. 1.8
, cf. 5.83 , 101 , 6.94 .
B. as Conj. to expressthe actualorintended resultof the action in the principal clause:
I. mostly c.inf.,so asorfor todo a thing, twice in Hom. ,εἰ δέ σοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, ὥ. νέεσθαιif thy heart is eagertoreturn, Il. 9.42 ;οὐ τηλίκος . . , ὥ. σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαιnot of such ageas toobey a master in all things, Od. 17.21 ; ῥηϊδίως κεν ἐργάσσαιο, ὥ. σε κεἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἔχειν
Hes. Op. 44
;ὥ. ἀποπλησθῆναι(ἀποπλῆσαιcodd.) τὸν χρησμόν
Hdt. 8.96
: freq. in Pi.,O. 9.74 , N. 5.1 , 35 , al.; also in Trag. and Att. after demonstratives, οὔπω τοσοῦτον ἠπατημένος κυρῶ ὥστ' ἄλλα χρῄζειν
S. OT 595
, etc.; this constr. is found in cases where (as in Il. 9.42 supr. cit.)ὥστεseems superfluous; so after ἐθέλειν, Κύπρις . . ἤθελ' ὥ. γίγνεσθαι τόδε
E. Hipp. 1327
; afterἔστι,forἔξεστι,
S. Ph. 656 ; afterψηφίζεσθαι,
Th. 5.17 ; afterἐπαίρειν,
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 withἤ,when the possibility of the consequence is denied (cf. ὡς
B. 111.2
),μέζω κακὰ ἢ ὥστε ἀνακλαίεινwoes too great for tears, Hdt. 3.14 ; μεῖζον ἢ ὥστε φέρειν δύνασθαι κακόν
X. Mem. 3.5.17
: but in Poetryὥστεis sts. left out, νόσημα μεῖζον ἢ φέρειν
S. OT 1293
; κρείσσον' ἢ φέρειν κακά
E. Hec. 1107
(rarely in Prose, Pl. Tht. 149c ); similarly with the Posit.,ψυχρὸν ὥ. λούσασθαι toocoldtobathe in, X. Mem. 3.13.3 ;ἡμεῖς ἔτι νέοι ὥ. διελέσθαι tooyoungto. . , Pl. Prt. 314b ; γέρων ἐκεῖνος ὥ. δ' ὠφελεῖν παρών
E. Andr. 80
: thisὥστεis sts. omitted after words implying comparison,ὀλίγους εἶναι στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλέεινtoo few . . Hdt. 6.109 ; ταπεινὴ ἡ διάνοια ἐγκαρτερεῖν
Th. 2.61
, etc.
3. ὥστε . . ἄνis used withinf., of contingencies more or less improbable, οὕτως ἐκάετο ὥστε μήτε . . ἄλλο τι ἢ γυμνοὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, ἥδιστά τε ἂν ἐς ὕσωρ ψυχρὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ῥίπτειν
