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2235. In Indirect Discourse with ὡς (rarely ὅπως) that.—Verbs of fearing may have the construction of verbs of thinking and be followed by a dependent statement. This occurs regularly only when the expression of fear is negatived. Thus, ““ἀνδρὸς δὲ τῇ θυγατρὶ μὴ φοβοῦ ὡς ἀπορήσειςdo not fear that you will be at a loss for a husband for your daughterX. C. 5.2.12. Here μή or ὅπως μή would be regular. With ὡς the idea is fear, thinking that.

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