Greek conjunction and adverb
ὡς
ὡς is a Greek conjunction and adverb. In the 11 analysed lines it was read in, it means “as” (5 times), “that” (2 times), “as soon as” (once) and “as/so that” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ὡς to the words it goes with.
καίτοι ἀληθές γε ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν εἰρήκασιν.
And yet, to speak generally, they have said nothing true.
ὡς: introduces the clause of εἰπεῖν.
Ἀλώπηξ λιμώττουσα ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἐπί τινος ἀναδενδράδος βότρυας κρεμαμένους, ἠβουλήθη αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἡδύνατο·
A fox, being hungry, when she saw grapes hanging on a certain vine, wished to get possession of them, but she could not.
ὡς: introduces the clause of ἐθεάσατο.
ἀναβαίνει οὖν ὁ Κῦρος λαβὼν Τισσαφέρνην ὡς φίλον, καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔχων ὁπλίτας ἀνέβη τριακοσίους, ἄρχοντα δὲ αὐτῶν Ξενίαν Παρράσιον.
Cyrus therefore goes up, taking Tissaphernes as a friend, and he went up having three hundred hoplites of the Greeks, and Xenia the Parrhasian as their commander.
ὡς: introduces the clause of φίλον.
Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε, ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται…
This is the publication of the history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, in order that neither the things that came into being from humans may become faded by time, nor great and wondrous deeds, some by Greeks and some by barbarians, may become inglorious, and also (to explain) the other things and for what reason they waged war against one another.
ὡς: introduces the clause of γένηται.
…ἐκείνῃ εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν ἐθέλῃ ποιεῖν, ἐφύλαττόν τε ὡς οἷόν τε ἦν, καὶ προσεῖχον τὸν νοῦν ὥσπερ εἰκὸς…
For I, O Athenians, since it seemed good to me to marry and I brought a wife into the house, for all the other time I behaved so as neither to grieve nor to be overly dependent on her to do whatever she might wish, and I kept watch as much as was possible, and I paid attention as was fitting.
ὡς: introduces the clause of ἦν.
ὠς γὰρ ἔς σ’ ἴδω βρόχε’, ὤς με φώναισ’ οὐδ’…
For whenever I look at you even briefly, I can no longer speak at all; my tongue is broken, a subtle fire at once runs beneath my skin, my eyes see nothing, my ears hum, cold sweat pours down me, trembling seizes me all over, I am paler than grass, and I seem to myself little short of dying.
ὠς: introduces the clause of ἴδω.
Θουκυδίδης Ἀθηναῖος ξυνέγραψε τὸν πόλεμον τῶν Πελοποννησίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων, ὡς ἐπολέμησαν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου καὶ ἐλπίσας μέγαν…
Thucydides the Athenian wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, how they waged war against each other, beginning immediately at its outbreak and expecting that it would be both great and the most worthy of record of previous wars, judging that both sides were at their peak going into it with all their resources, and seeing the rest of the Greek world assembling with each side, some immediately, others also intending to do so.
ὡς: introduces the clause of ἐπολέμησαν.
κίνησις γὰρ αὕτη μεγίστη δὴ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο καὶ μέρει τινὶ τῶν βαρβάρων, ὡς δὲ εἰπεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀνθρώπων.
For this was indeed the greatest movement for the Greeks and a certain part of the barbarians, and, one might say, over most of mankind.
ὡς: introduces the clause of εἰπεῖν.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ὡς | Conjunction | 10 |
| ὠς | Conjunction | 1 |
| ὤς | Adverb | 1 |
| ὡς | Adverb | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ὡς by an arc in these lines, most often first.