Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὡσεί

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὡσεί

Sense

  1. as if, as though, (with optative)
  2. (ὡσεί τε, with subjunctive)
  3. (ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, with indicative)

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρασ καὶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆσ περιχώρου καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνέβαινε φλὸξ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ, ὡσεὶ ἀτμὶσ καμίνου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:28)
  • ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐκάθητο ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν. εἶπε γάρ, οὐ μὴ ἴδω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου μου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ, ἀναβοῆσαν δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἔκλαυσεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:16)
  • εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ. μεινάτω ἡ παρθένοσ μεθ̓ ἡμῶν ἡμέρασ ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:55)
  • ἐξῆλθε δὲ ὁ πρωτότοκοσ πυρράκησ, ὅλοσ ὡσεὶ δορὰ δασύσ. ἐπωνόμασε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἡσαῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:25)
  • καὶ εἶδεν Ἰακὼβ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Λάβαν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν πρὸσ αὐτὸν ὡσεὶ ἐχθὲσ καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:2)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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