ὥσπερ,
or ὥς περ, adverb of Manner, like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1396; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν.., ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται [[[prev. author] “El.” 994 ] Refs]; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν.., ὥ. Κύκλωπες [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.206, compare 2.333, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.263, 14.50 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 303; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.1; 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently puts a word between ὡς] Refs 8th c.BC+] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.385, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.806, 1.211 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς.. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.487 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγώ; also in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 402 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως.., ὥ. ὑπέστ; but in Trag. and Attic dialect ὥ. is very frequently after demonstrative words; before οὕτως, [[ 5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 188; after it, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 475, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καὶ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.75, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ.., ὧδε.. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 276; τοιοῦτος ὥ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον just as they were, then and there, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1235; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.19; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε [prev. author] “HG” 3.1.19; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus in “PSI” 11.1214a2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, [[[prev. work] 14: with _genitive_, ] Refs] ὥ. ἔχει δόξης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 612d: strengthened, ὥ. γε ] Refs 5th c.BC+]just exactly as, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 673 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.477; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142, etc.: ὥ. also follows ἴσος, in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.282, μοῖραν.. ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 533 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after ὁ αὐτός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.33; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1311, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]