B.
wJ"
, as C
ONJUNCTION
. [C, D.] various usages.
A.
of Manner:
I.
w{"
, Demonstr. =
ou{tw"
,
so, thus,
Lat.
sic
,
Hom
.,
Hdt.
; rare in
Att.
:—
kai; w{"
,
even so, nevertheless,
oujdÆ w{", mhdÆ w{"
,
not even so, in no wise,
Hom
.,
Soph.
2.
in Comparisons,
w{". . , wJ"
. . ,
so. . as. . ,
Lat.
sic. . ut. .
,
Il.,
Plat.
3.
thus, for instance,
Od.
II.
wJ"
, Relat.,
as,
Lat.
ut
,
first in
Hom.
;
ou{tw" wJ"
,
Lat.
sic ut
;
but the antec. is often omitted: similés are commonly introduced by
wJ" o{te, wJ" dÆ o{te
, where
o{te
often seems superfluous,
h[ripe dÆ, wJ" o{te puvrgo" »h[ripe1/4
Il.:—this
wJ"
takes the accent at the end of a clause or when it follows the word dependent on it;
qeo;" dÆ w}" tiveto dhvmw/
Il.;
oiJ de; fevbonto, bove" w{"
Od.
2. according as, where the relat. Pron. o{so" might stand, as eJlw;n kreva" w{" (i.e. o{son ) oiJ cei`re" ejcavndanon Ib.; soi; qeoi; povroien wJ" ejgw; qevlw Soph.
3. parenthetically, to qualify a general statement, wJ" ejmoi; dokei`, wJ" e[oike , etc. , as it seems; often with ge or gou`n added, wJ" gou`n as at any rate:—these phrases become elliptical, wJ" ejmoiv or w{" gÆ ejmoiv ( sc. dokei` ); wJ" ajpÆ ojmmavtwn ( sc. eijkavsai ) to judge by eyesight, Soph. ;—also, wJ" Lakedaimovnio" ( sc. w[n ) considering he was a Lacedaemonian, Thuc. ; wJ" gunhv as a woman, like a very woman, Soph. :—so wJ" is attached to the Object of the Verb, sumpevmya" aujto;n wJ" fuvlaka ( sc. ei\nai ) having sent him with them as a guard, Hdt. ; wJ" ejpi; fruganismovn as if for collecting fuel, Thuc.
III. to limit or augment the force of Adverbs: wJ" ajlhqw`" as of a truth, i.e. in very truth, Plat .; also after Adverbs expressing anything extraordinary, qaumastw`" or qaumasivw" wJ", uJperfuw`" wJ" , v. sub vocc.:—also with the Sup. , like o{ ti and o{pw", wJ" mavlista , = Lat. quam maxime , wJ" rJa`/sta , = quam facillime ; wJ" tavcista , = quam celerrime , Hdt ., etc. :—in the phrases wJ" to; poluv, wJ" ejpi; to; poluv Plat .; wJ" ejpi; to; plh`qo" Id.
2.
so also with Adjs.,
o{pw" wJ" bevltistai e[sontai
Id.;
wJ" ej" ejlavciston
Thuc.
B.
wJ"
as C
ONJUNCTION
:
I.
with Substantive Clauses, for
o{ti
,
Lat.
quod
, that,
expressing a fact,
mhkevtÆ ejkfobou`, w{" se ajtimavsei
Soph
.,
etc.
II. wJ" with Final Clauses, that, in order that, Lat. ut ; wJ" , and wJ" a[n , Ep. w{" ken , being used, like other Final Conjunctions, with the subj. after the principal tenses of the indic. , and with the opt. after the past tenses: cf. i{na B, o{pw" B.
2. with past tenses of the indic. to express an event that is past, and therefore impossible, tiv mÆ oujk e[kteina", wJ" e[deixa mhvpote . . ; so that I never should. . , Soph.
3. wJ" c. inf ., to limit an assertion, wJ" eijpei`n so to say, Lat. ut ita dicam , Hdt .; wJ" e[po" eijpei`n , etc. ; wJ" eijkavsai to make a guess, i.e. probably, Id.
III. just like w{ste c. inf ., so that, Lat. adeo ut, ita ut , eu\ro" wJ" duvo trihvrea" plevein oJmou` in breadth such that two triremes could sail abreast, Id.
2.
h] wJ"
after a
Comp.
,
mavssonÆ h] wJ" ijdevmen
Pind
.;
malakwvteroi, h] wJ" kavllion
Plat.
IV.
Causal, like
o{ti
or
ejpeiv
,
as, inasmuch, as, since,
Lat.
quia, quandoquidem
,
tiv pote levgei"
;
wJ" ouj manqavnw
Soph.
V. Temporal, for o{te, ejpeiv , when, Lat. ut , ejnw`rto gevlw", wJ" i[don laughter arose among them, when they saw, Il.; with optat. , to express a repeated action, whenever, wJ" ajpivkoito Hdt.
2. wJ" seems to be used for e{w" or e[ste , so long as, while, wJ" a]n auJto;" h{lio" ai[rh/ Soph .:—in later Gr. = e{w" , while, N.T.
VI. = o{pw" , how, like Lat. ut for quomodo, mermhvrize, wJsÆAcilh`a timhvseie Il.;—so, oujk e[sqÆ wJ" nowise can it be that, Soph .; oi\sqÆ wJ" poivhson , by a mixture of constructions for wJ" crh; poih`sai , Id.; v. * ei[dw B. 5.
2.
wJ" a]n poihvsh/"
however
thou mayst act, Id.
VII.
Local, for
o{pou
,
where,
Theocr.
C.
some special usages: