ὡς

See also: ως, -ως, ὥς, and -ώς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1
PIE word
*yós

From the relative pronoun ὅς (hós) +‎ -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix).

Alternative forms

Adverb

ὡς • (hōs) (relative adverb)

  1. the introduction to similes
    1. like as, as, just as
    2. according as
  2. (with adverbial clauses)
    1. (parenthetically) to qualify a general statement; as it seems
    2. (in elliptical phrases) so far as....
    3. (attached to the object of a verb) as
  3. (to limit or augment the force of adverbs)

Conjunction

ὡς • (hōs)

  1. (subordinating conjunction or complementizer, introducing dependent or subordinate clause)
  2. (with noun clauses) introducing a clause expressing a fact: that (with indicative or optative)
  3. (final) introducing a clause expressing an end or purpose: that, so that, in order that, so (with subjunctive or optative)
  4. (consequential) introducing a clause expressing a result: so that
  5. (causal) as, since, because
  6. (temporal) when
  7. (modal) how
    • 3rd century BCE, Menander, Aspis:
      ὡς καλόν
      hōs kalón
      How good!
  8. (local) where
See also
Ancient Greek correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic τίςτις, ἔνιοι†ὁ, οὗτοςὅδεἐκεῖνοςὅςὅστιςὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμόςἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual πότεροςπότερος, ποτερόςὁπότερος
quality ποῖοςποιός†τοῖος, τοιοῦτοςτοιόσδεοἷοςὁποῖοςὅμοιοςἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity πόσοςποσός†τόσος, τοσοῦτοςτοσόσδεὅσοςὁπόσος
manner πῶςπως†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτωςὧδεὡςὅπωςὁμῶςἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method,
path,
place		 πῇπῃτῇ, ταύτῃτῇδεἐκείνῃᾗὅπῃἄλλῃ
place ποῦ, †πόθιπου, †ποθιἐνταῦθαἐνθάδεἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθιοὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθιὅπου, †ὁπόθιαὐτόθι, ὁμοῦἄλλοθι
source πόθενποθεν†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθενἐνθένδεἐκεῖθενὅθενὁπόθεν†ὁμόθενἄλλοθεν
destination ποῖ, †πόσεποιἔνθα, ἐνταῦθαἐνθάδε, δεῦροἐκεῖσεοἷὅποι, †ὁπόσεαὐτόσε, ὁμόσεἄλλοσε
time πότε, πῆμοςποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτετότε, τῆμοςτημόσδεὅτε, ἦμοςὁπότε, †ὁππῆμοςἅμαἄλλοτε
exact time πηνίκα†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτατηνικάδεἡνίκαὁπηνίκααὐτίκα
duration of time τέωςἕως
size, age πηλίκοςπηλίκος†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτοςτηλικόσδεἡλίκοςὁπηλίκοςὁμῆλιξ
repetition ποσάκις, ποσίνδαποσάκιςτουτάκις, τοσάκις†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκιςὁποσάκις
multiplication ποσαπλάσιοςὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order πόστοςποστόςὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose
Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Descendants
  • Greek: ως (os)

Etymology 2
PIE word
*só

From the demonstrative pronoun ὁ (ho) +‎ -ως (-ōs, adverbial suffix).

Adverb

ὡς • (hōs) (demonstrative adverb)

  1. in καὶ ὧς: even so, nevertheless
  2. in comparisons, ὥς (hṓs)... ὡς (hōs) or ὡς (hōs)... ὣς (hṑs): so... as...
  3. thus, for instance
Alternative forms

References
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