πεμψαίαθ᾽ (cp. on 44), summon to themselves: Eur. Hec. 977 “τί χρῆμ᾽ ἐπέμψω τὸν ἐμὸν ἐκ δόμων πόδα;” ὥστ᾽ οἰκεῖν δίχα, if it is understood that you cannot live with them in Thebes. ὥστε introduces the condition: Thuc. 1.28 “ἑτοῖμοι δὲ εἷναι καὶ ὥστε ἀμφοτέρους μένειν κατὰ χώραν”, the Corcyreans said that they were also ready (to make an armistice) under the condition that each party should remain where they were.
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