ὡσεί

A. as if, as though; with various moods:

I. c. opt., ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο Il. 2.780, cf. 11.389, Od. 9.314, etc.

2. ὡσεί τε c. subj., ἐρίλησ’ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ Il. 9.481.

3. ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, c. indic., ἕπονθ’ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα Il. 13.492; φιάλαν ὡς εἴ τις . . δωρήσεται Pi. O. 7.1.

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 τε Il. 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 εἴτε as it were, Pi. P. 1.44.

III. with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about, ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ Hdt. 7.109, cf. X. HG 1.2.9, LXX Ge. 24.55, al., Ev.Matt. 14.21, al.