Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 1815

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[*] 1815. The optative of wish is often introduced by εἰ γάρ, εἴθε (Hom. αι᾽ γάρ, αἴθε), or by εἰ, ὡς (both poetical): ““εἰ γὰρ γένοιτο” would that it might happen” X. C. 6.1.38, ““ὡς ὄλοιτο” may he perish” S. El. 126. (ὡς is properly an exclamation: how.)

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