like/as/about 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, 8t
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like/as/about 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, 8t
if εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD: Cypria ]
if: not εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD: Cyp
if: is(QUESTION) εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th
if: if only εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD:
if: surely εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD:
if: else εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c.AD: Cy
if: even though εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5th c
but if even Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see
but if not Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see)
if also Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5
except Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5t
except what Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see
is it not? Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see)
if any Related to: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which see), 5t
if somehow Included with: εἰ, Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus (for εἰκ, see below 11 ad [near the start]), = _Doric dialect_ and _Aeolic dialect_ αἰ, αἰκ (which s
as if, as though ὡσείorὡς εἰ, Adv. A. as if, as though; with various moods: I. c. opt., ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο Il. 2.780 , cf. 11.389 , Od. 9.314 , etc. 2. ὡσεί τεc.subj., ἐρίλης'
if εἰ, Att. - Ion. and Arc. (forεἰκ,v.infr. 11 ad init.),= Dor. and Aeol. αἰ, αἰκ(q. v.), Cypr. A. ἤ Inscr.Cypr. 135.10 H., bothεἰandαἰin Ep. :— Particle used interjectionally with imper. and to
πασσῡρ-εί , = πασσυδεί , rejected by Poll. 9.143 :—also πασσῡ́ρ-ως , Hsch. πασσῡρ-εί, A. = πασσυδεί , rejected by Poll. 9.143 :—alsoπασσῡ́ρ-ως, Hsch.
as if, as it were, ὡσανείorὡς ἂν εἰ( A. ὡς κἂν εἰ Arist. Mu. 396b1 ),as if, as it were,with Verbs, τὸ . . πνεῦμα ὡσανεὶ προδιαλύεται Id. Pr. 934b6 ; πόλις ἥτις ὡ. πρόσχημα . . ἦν Plb. 3.15.3 ;
headstrong, ἀσύφηλος[ῠ],ον, A. headstrong,or perh.foolish, ὥς μ' ἀσύφηλον ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἔρεξεν ὡς εἴ τιν' ἀτίμητον μετανάστην Il. 9.647 ; οὔ πω σεῦ ἄκουσα κακὸν ἔπος οὐδ' ἀσύφηλον 24.767 , cf. Q
ὡς :—Summary: as ADVERB of Manner. ὧς and ὥς (with accent), so, thus. ὡς (without accent) of the Relat. Pron. ὅς, as. ὡς Relat. and Interrog., how. ὡς temporal, when. ὡς Local, where, ὡς, as CONJUNCTI
unhonoured, despised, ἀτῑ́μ-ητος,ον, A. unhonoured, despised, ὡς εἴ τιν' ἀτίμητον μετανάστην Il. 9.648 ;οὐκ ἀ.notunrewarded, X. Hier. 9.10 . II. ( τῑμή 11 )not valuedorestimated, Is. 3.35 : e
invaluable ἀτῑμ-ητος, ον, unhonoured, despised, ὡς εἴ τιν᾽ ἀτίμητον μετανάστην[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.648] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀ. not unrewarded, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Histo