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ὡσεί or ὡς εἰ, Adv.
A.as if, as though; with various moods:
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 τεIl.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.
2.ὡς εἴτεas it were, Pi.P.1.44.
III. with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about,ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃHdt.7.109, cf. X.HG1.2.9, LXX Ge.24.55, al., Ev.Matt.14.21, al.
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