A.as if, as though; with various moods:
3. ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, c. indic., “ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα” Il.13.492; “φιάλαν ὡς εἴ τις . . δωρήσεται” Pi.O.7.1.
II. in comparisons, like, just as, Il.16.59, Od.7.36, Hes.Sc.290, B.11.1, S.Ant.653, El.234 (lyr.), etc.: c. part., Il.5.374, Hes.Sc.194; “ὡς εἴ τε” Il.11.474; with verb supplied, Od.14.254, Pi.P.4.112; ὡσεί περ c. part., Hes.Sc.189, cf. Theoc.25.163 (nisi leg. εἰ περὶ σεῦ); ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, h.Cer.215.
III. with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about, “ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ” Hdt.7.109, cf. X.HG1.2.9, LXX Ge.24.55, al., Ev.Matt.14.21, al.