ὡσπερεί or ὥσπερ εἰ,
adverb just as if, with
indicative, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι to say '
as it were', [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with Nouns or parts,
as it were, ὡ. ψῆτταν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (properly elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ, or the like), [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Doric dialect ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι they gape
as it were 'by numbers' [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ with
imperfect, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]