ἠΰτε

A. as, like as, ἠ. κούρη Il. 2.872, etc.; ἠ. νεβρός B. 12.87; freq. in similes, Il. 1.359, 2.87, etc.: after a Comp., τῷ δέ τ’ ἄνευθεν ἐόντι μελάντερον ἠ. πίσσα φαίνεται [the cloud] appears to him while afar off very black, even as pitch, 4.277, v. Sch.; ἔχετο κλαίουσ’ ἀδινώτερον, ἠΰτε κούρη with sobs coming quicker and quicker, like a girl, A.R. 1.269; but it may = than in these passages; cf. εὖτε.(ἤ + I.-E. ute (cf. Skt. uta) 'also', 'even'.)