A.very much, however much.—Chiefly Ep. and Lyr.; also in Trag. with relats. and parts.:
1. in Hom. freq. with Adj. and part. ὤν, ἐπεί μ᾽ ἔτεκές γε μινυνθάδιόν π. ἐόντα all shortlived as I am, Il.1.352 ; φίλην π. ἐοῦσαν ib.587 ; “Ἰθάκης κραναῆς π. ἐούσης” 3.201 : mostly concessive like καίπερ (q. v.), ἀγαθός π. ἐών however brave thou art, 1.131, al.; “κρατερός π. ἐών” 15.164; “κύνεός π. ἐών” 9.373; δουρικτητήν π. ἐοῦσαν ib.343; “μέγαν π. ἐόντα” 5.625: so in Trag., “ἄελπτά π. ὄντα” A.Supp.55(lyr.); “γενναῖός π. ὤν” S.Ph.1068 : with a Subst., “ἀλόχῳ π. ἐούσῃ” Il.1.546 ; “γυνή π. οὖσα” A.Th.1043 : with Adj. and Subst., “λιγύς π. ἐὼν ἀγορητής” Il.2.246 : with καί preceding, “καὶ κρατερός π. ἐών” 15.195, etc.: with the part. ὤν omitted, φράδμων π. ἀνήρ however shrewd, 16.638; “κρατερός π.” 21.63 ; χερείονά π. 17.539 ; καὶ θεός π. A.Ag.1203, cf. 1084 : with parts., ἱεμένων π. however eager, Il.17.292 ; καὶ ἀχνύμενός π. ἑταίρου grieved though he was for . . , 8.125.
2. intens., ἐλεεινότερός π. more pitiable by far, 24.504 ; μίνυνθά π. for a very little, 1.416, 13.573 ; ὀλίγον π. 11.391 ; πρῶτόν π. first of all, 14.295 ; ὑστάτιόν π. 8.353 ; ὀψέ π. Pi.N.3.80 : to strengthen a negation, οὐδὲ . . π. not even, not at all, “οὐδ᾽ ὑμῖν ποταμός π. ἐΰρροος ἀρκέσει” Il.21.130, cf. 8.201, 11.841, 21.410, Od.1.59, 3.236 ; “μή ποτε καὶ σὺ γυναικί π. ἤπιος εἶναι” 11.441 ; ἢν μή π. Hdt.6.57.
3. to give emphasis, “ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοί π. πονεώμεθα” Il.10.70; “ἡμεῖς δ᾽ αὐτοί π. φραζώμεθα” 17.712; “σθένος ἀνέρος ἀμφότεροί π. σχῶμεν” 21.308 : esp. at any rate, τιμήν π. μοι ὄφελλεν ἐλλυαλίξαι honour (whatever else) he owed me, 1.353, cf. 2.236, 17.121,239 ; “τόδε π. μοι ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ” 8.242 : in imper. clauses with the pers. Pron., ἀλλὰ σύ π. μιν τῖσον at all events, 1.508 : in the apodosis of a conditional sentence, “εἰ δέ τοι Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἀπήχθετο . . , σὺ δ᾽ ἄλλους π. . . ἐλέαιρε” 9.301, cf. 11.796, 12.349.
II. after Conjs. and relat. words, with which it commonly coalesces:
1. after hypothetical Conjs., v. εἴπερ.