ὡσεί
or ὡς εἰ, adverb as if, as though; with various moods:
__I with optative, ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο [[8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.780, compare 11.389, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.314, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 ὡσεί τε with subjunctive, ἐρίλησ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.481. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, with indicative, ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.492; φιάλαν ὡς εἴ τις.. δωρήσεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.1. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in comparisons, like, just as, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.59, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.36, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 290, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653, “El.” 234 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: with participle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.374, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 194; ὡς εἴ τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.474 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; with verb supplied, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.112 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡσεί περ with participle, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 189, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.163 (nisi to be read εἰ περὶ σεῦ)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 215. ] Refs]