Strong G5620ὥστε
so
- Transliteration
- hōste
- Pronunciation
- hoce'-teh
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
ὥσ-τε
consecutive particle,
1. with infin., expressing result, so as to: Mat.8:24 12:22, Mrk.1:27, Luk.5:7, Act.1:19, Rom.7:6, 1Co.1:7, Heb.13:6, al.; of a designed result, Mat.10:1, Luk.4:29, al.; preceded by οὕτως, Act.14:1; by τοσοῦτος, Mat.15:33.
2. C. indic.,
__(a) so that: Gal.2:13, preceded by οὕτως, Jhn.3:16;
__(b) so then, therefore: Mat.12:12, Mrk.2:28, Rom.7:4, 1Co.3:7, Gal.3:9, al.
3. so then, therefore: with subjc., 1Co.5:8; with imperat., 1Co.3:21 4:5, Php.2:12 1Th.4:18, 1Pe.4:19, al
(AS)
consecutive particle,
1. with infin., expressing result, so as to: Mat.8:24 12:22, Mrk.1:27, Luk.5:7, Act.1:19, Rom.7:6, 1Co.1:7, Heb.13:6, al.; of a designed result, Mat.10:1, Luk.4:29, al.; preceded by οὕτως, Act.14:1; by τοσοῦτος, Mat.15:33.
2. C. indic.,
__(a) so that: Gal.2:13, preceded by οὕτως, Jhn.3:16;
__(b) so then, therefore: Mat.12:12, Mrk.2:28, Rom.7:4, 1Co.3:7, Gal.3:9, al.
3. so then, therefore: with subjc., 1Co.5:8; with imperat., 1Co.3:21 4:5, Php.2:12 1Th.4:18, 1Pe.4:19, al
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5620 appears in 83 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- so26
- insomuch17
- wherefore17
- therefore9
- that6
- then4
- to3
- as1
First verses
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
- Matthew 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
- Matthew 12:22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Matthew 13:54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
- Matthew 15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Matthew 19:6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
- Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
- Matthew 27:1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Matthew 27:14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
- Mark 1:45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
- Mark 2:2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
- Mark 2:12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
- Mark 2:28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὥστε,
as adverb, bearing the same relation to ὡς as ὅστε to ὅς, and used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] more frequently than ὡς in similes, when it is commonly written divisim, and is relative to a demonstrative ὥς: sometimes with present Indic., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.459f, 12.421, 13.703)]: sometimes with aorist, ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη [Refs (3.23: sometimes with)]subjunctive present or aorist, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.474f, 11.67, 16.428, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.302)]: all three usages combined in one simile, with varied construction, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.136 - 9)]:—the verb is sometimes omitted, λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή [Refs (10.154: this usage of ὥστε)] is chiefly Epic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses ὧτε, which see))], but it occurs in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus (?) 27 (probably), 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.124 and sometimes in Trag., κατώρυχες δ᾽ ἔναιον ὥστ᾽ ἀήσυροι μύρμηκες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 452, compare “Th.” 62, “Pers.” 424, “Ch.” 421 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 343, “Ant.” 1033, “Tr.” 112 (Lyric poetry).)]
II to mark the power or virtue by which one does a thing, as being, inasmuch as, like{ἅτε}, τὸν δ᾽ ἐξήρπαξ᾽ Ἀφροδίτη ῥεῖα μάλ᾽, ὥ. θεός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.381, compare 18.518)]; ὥ. περὶ ψυχῆς since it was for life, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.423; ὥ. ταῦτα νομίζων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, compare 5.83, 101, 6.94.)]
B as conjunction to express the actual or intended result of the action in the principal clause:
B.I mostly with infinitive, so as or for to do a thing, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, εἰ δέ σοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, ὥ. νέεσθαι)] if thy heart is eager to return, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.42)]; οὐ τηλίκος.., ὥ. σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι not of such age as to obey a master in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.21; ῥηϊδίως κεν ἐργάσσαιο, ὥ. σε κεἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἔχειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 44)]; ὥ. ἀποπλησθῆναι (ἀποπλῆσαι codices) τὸν χρησμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.96: frequently in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, “O.” 9.74, “N.” 5.1, 35, +others)]; also in Trag. and Attic dialect after demonstratives, οὔπω τοσοῦτον ἠπατημένος κυρῶ ὥστ᾽ ἄλλα χρῄζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 595, etc.)]; this construction is found in cases where (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.42 above quoted) ὥστε)] seems superfluous; so after ἐθέλειν, Κύπρις.. ἤθελ᾽ ὥ. γίγνεσθαι τόδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1327)]; after ἔστι, for ἔξεστι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 656)]; after ψηφίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17)]; after ἐπαίρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 581; ἐπαγγελλόμενοι ὥ. βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86)]; after words implying request, δεηθέντες.. ὥ. ψηφίσασθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 1.119; πεῖσαι ὥ. συγχωρῆσαι [prev. author] 8.45.)]
B.I.2 after Comparatives with ἤ, when the possibility of the consequence is denied compare (ὡς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2), μέζω κακὰ ἢ ὥστε ἀνακλαίειν)] woes too great for tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; μεῖζον ἢ ὥστε φέρειν δύνασθαι κακόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.17: but in Poetry ὥστε)] is sometimes left out, νόσημα μεῖζον ἢ φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1293; κρείσσον᾽ ἢ φέρειν κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1107 (rarely in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 149c))]; similarly with the Posit., ψυχρὸν ὥ. λούσασθαι too cold to bathe in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3)]; ἡμεῖς ἔτι νέοι ὥ. διελέσθαι too young to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314b; γέρων ἐκεῖνος ὥ. δ᾽ ὠφελεῖν παρών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 80: this ὥστε is sometimes omitted after words implying comparison, ὀλίγους εἶναι στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλέειν)] too few.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109; ταπεινὴ ἡ διάνοια ἐγκαρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61, etc.)]
B.I.3 ὥστε.. ἄν is used with infinitive, of contingencies more or less improbable, οὕτως ἐκάετο ὥστε μήτε.. ἄλλο τι ἢ γυμνοὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, ἥδιστά τε ἂν ἐς ὕσωρ ψυχρὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ῥίπτειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 374, “El.” 1316, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.35.)]
B.I.4 sometimes implying on condition that.., like{ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε}, παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς Ἀθηναίοις, ὥστε βουλεῦσαι ὅ τι ἂν ἐκείνοις δοκῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.26.)]
B.II with Indic., to express the actual or possible result with emphasis, οὐκ οὕτω φρενοβλαβὴς ὁ Πρίαμος οὐδὲ οἱ ἄλλοι.., ὥ. κινδυνεύειν ἐβούλοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120 (perhaps delendum ἐβούλοντο))]; ἀσθενέες οὕτω, ὥ... διατετρανέεις [Refs ([prev. author] 3.12)]; οὕτως ἀγνωμόνως ἔχετε, ὥ. ἐλπίζετε..; are you so foolish that you expect.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.26, βέβηκεν, ὥ. πᾶν ἐν ἡσύχῳ ἔξεστι φωνεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 82, compare “OT” 533: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Mem.” 2.2.3, +others)]; with ἄν and the imperfect or aorist implying a supposed case, ὥστ᾽, εἰ φρονῶν ἔπρασσον, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ὧδ᾽ ἐγιγνόμην κακός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 271)]; ὥστε οὐκ ἂν ἔλαθεν αὐτόθεν ὁρμώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6: ὥστε τὴν πόλιν ἂν ἡγήσω πολέμου ἐργαστήριον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.26.)]
B.II.2 at the beginning of a sentence, to mark a strong conclusion, and so, therefore, ὥστ᾽.. ὄλωλα καί σε προσδιαφθερῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 75; ὥστ᾽ οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ᾽ εὕδοντά μ᾽ ἐξεγείρετε [prev. author] “OT” 65; ὥ. καὶ ταῦτα λεχθήσεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004a22: with _imperative_, θνητὸς δ᾽ Ὀρέστης, ὥ. μὴ λίαν στένε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1172; ὥ. θάρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a; ὥ. ἂν βούλησθε χειροτονήσατε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.70 codex A (-ήσετε cett.))]; before a question, ὥ. τίς ἂν ἀπετόλμησε..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.28.)]
B.II.3 with optative, with ἄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.16; βρέφος γὰρ ἦν τότ᾽.., ὥστ᾽ οὐκ ἂν αὐτὸν γνωρίσαιμ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 379, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 857, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 943 (Lyric poetry). b. with _optative_ in indirect speech, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.23)]; after optative in principal clause, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 1.13.)]
B.II.4 with subjunctive, in order that, in Thessalian dialect, τὸς ταμίας φροντίσαι οὕστε.. γενειθεῖ τᾶ πόλι ἁ δόσις [Refs (“BCH” 59.38 (from Crannon); ἀντιλλαβέσθαι τᾶς πόλλιος (sic) οὕστε.. ἐς πάντουν ἐγλυθεῖ τοῦν δανείουν [prev. work]p.37.)]
B.III with participle, instead of infinitive, after a participle in the principal clause, τοσοῦτον ἁπάντων διενεγκόντες, ὥσθ᾽ ὑπὲρ Ἀργείων δυστυχησάντων Θηβαίοις.. ἐπιτάττοντες κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.64 (assuming variant))]; οὕτω σφόδρα μισοῦντα τοῦτον, ὥστε πολὺ δὴ (ἂν Dobree) θᾶττον διαθέμενον κτλ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.16; ὥστε.. δέον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.1.)]
B.IV πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν extremely, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.2.17.)]
B.V in later Greek, followed by Preps., Παρμένοντι κλειδὸς ὥ. ἐπὶ τὸ Διοσκούριον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Délos” 316.83 (3rd c.BC))]; ξύλον ὥ. ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2) 287 A 52 (3rd c.BC))]; μόλυβδος ὥ. εἰς τὸ Κύνθιον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work]203 A 52 (3rd c.BC))]; κριθῶν ὥ. εἰς τὰ κτήνη barley for the animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 251.5 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥ. εἰς ξένια φοίνικας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 1.7.4 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.V.b with dative, for, χρεία αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ὥ. Πισικλεῖ it is needed for P., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 241 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥ. τοῖς χησίν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).287 A 45 (3rd c.BC).)]
as adverb, bearing the same relation to ὡς as ὅστε to ὅς, and used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] more frequently than ὡς in similes, when it is commonly written divisim, and is relative to a demonstrative ὥς: sometimes with present Indic., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.459f, 12.421, 13.703)]: sometimes with aorist, ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη [Refs (3.23: sometimes with)]subjunctive present or aorist, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.474f, 11.67, 16.428, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.302)]: all three usages combined in one simile, with varied construction, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.136 - 9)]:—the verb is sometimes omitted, λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή [Refs (10.154: this usage of ὥστε)] is chiefly Epic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses ὧτε, which see))], but it occurs in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus (?) 27 (probably), 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.124 and sometimes in Trag., κατώρυχες δ᾽ ἔναιον ὥστ᾽ ἀήσυροι μύρμηκες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 452, compare “Th.” 62, “Pers.” 424, “Ch.” 421 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 343, “Ant.” 1033, “Tr.” 112 (Lyric poetry).)]
II to mark the power or virtue by which one does a thing, as being, inasmuch as, like{ἅτε}, τὸν δ᾽ ἐξήρπαξ᾽ Ἀφροδίτη ῥεῖα μάλ᾽, ὥ. θεός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.381, compare 18.518)]; ὥ. περὶ ψυχῆς since it was for life, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.423; ὥ. ταῦτα νομίζων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, compare 5.83, 101, 6.94.)]
B as conjunction to express the actual or intended result of the action in the principal clause:
B.I mostly with infinitive, so as or for to do a thing, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, εἰ δέ σοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, ὥ. νέεσθαι)] if thy heart is eager to return, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.42)]; οὐ τηλίκος.., ὥ. σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι not of such age as to obey a master in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.21; ῥηϊδίως κεν ἐργάσσαιο, ὥ. σε κεἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἔχειν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 44)]; ὥ. ἀποπλησθῆναι (ἀποπλῆσαι codices) τὸν χρησμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.96: frequently in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, “O.” 9.74, “N.” 5.1, 35, +others)]; also in Trag. and Attic dialect after demonstratives, οὔπω τοσοῦτον ἠπατημένος κυρῶ ὥστ᾽ ἄλλα χρῄζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 595, etc.)]; this construction is found in cases where (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.42 above quoted) ὥστε)] seems superfluous; so after ἐθέλειν, Κύπρις.. ἤθελ᾽ ὥ. γίγνεσθαι τόδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1327)]; after ἔστι, for ἔξεστι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 656)]; after ψηφίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17)]; after ἐπαίρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 581; ἐπαγγελλόμενοι ὥ. βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86)]; after words implying request, δεηθέντες.. ὥ. ψηφίσασθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 1.119; πεῖσαι ὥ. συγχωρῆσαι [prev. author] 8.45.)]
B.I.2 after Comparatives with ἤ, when the possibility of the consequence is denied compare (ὡς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2), μέζω κακὰ ἢ ὥστε ἀνακλαίειν)] woes too great for tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; μεῖζον ἢ ὥστε φέρειν δύνασθαι κακόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.17: but in Poetry ὥστε)] is sometimes left out, νόσημα μεῖζον ἢ φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1293; κρείσσον᾽ ἢ φέρειν κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1107 (rarely in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 149c))]; similarly with the Posit., ψυχρὸν ὥ. λούσασθαι too cold to bathe in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3)]; ἡμεῖς ἔτι νέοι ὥ. διελέσθαι too young to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314b; γέρων ἐκεῖνος ὥ. δ᾽ ὠφελεῖν παρών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 80: this ὥστε is sometimes omitted after words implying comparison, ὀλίγους εἶναι στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλέειν)] too few.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109; ταπεινὴ ἡ διάνοια ἐγκαρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61, etc.)]
B.I.3 ὥστε.. ἄν is used with infinitive, of contingencies more or less improbable, οὕτως ἐκάετο ὥστε μήτε.. ἄλλο τι ἢ γυμνοὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, ἥδιστά τε ἂν ἐς ὕσωρ ψυχρὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ῥίπτειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 374, “El.” 1316, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.35.)]
B.I.4 sometimes implying on condition that.., like{ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε}, παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς Ἀθηναίοις, ὥστε βουλεῦσαι ὅ τι ἂν ἐκείνοις δοκῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.26.)]
B.II with Indic., to express the actual or possible result with emphasis, οὐκ οὕτω φρενοβλαβὴς ὁ Πρίαμος οὐδὲ οἱ ἄλλοι.., ὥ. κινδυνεύειν ἐβούλοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120 (perhaps delendum ἐβούλοντο))]; ἀσθενέες οὕτω, ὥ... διατετρανέεις [Refs ([prev. author] 3.12)]; οὕτως ἀγνωμόνως ἔχετε, ὥ. ἐλπίζετε..; are you so foolish that you expect.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.26, βέβηκεν, ὥ. πᾶν ἐν ἡσύχῳ ἔξεστι φωνεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 82, compare “OT” 533: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “Mem.” 2.2.3, +others)]; with ἄν and the imperfect or aorist implying a supposed case, ὥστ᾽, εἰ φρονῶν ἔπρασσον, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ὧδ᾽ ἐγιγνόμην κακός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 271)]; ὥστε οὐκ ἂν ἔλαθεν αὐτόθεν ὁρμώμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6: ὥστε τὴν πόλιν ἂν ἡγήσω πολέμου ἐργαστήριον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.26.)]
B.II.2 at the beginning of a sentence, to mark a strong conclusion, and so, therefore, ὥστ᾽.. ὄλωλα καί σε προσδιαφθερῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 75; ὥστ᾽ οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ᾽ εὕδοντά μ᾽ ἐξεγείρετε [prev. author] “OT” 65; ὥ. καὶ ταῦτα λεχθήσεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004a22: with _imperative_, θνητὸς δ᾽ Ὀρέστης, ὥ. μὴ λίαν στένε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1172; ὥ. θάρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a; ὥ. ἂν βούλησθε χειροτονήσατε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.70 codex A (-ήσετε cett.))]; before a question, ὥ. τίς ἂν ἀπετόλμησε..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.28.)]
B.II.3 with optative, with ἄν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.16; βρέφος γὰρ ἦν τότ᾽.., ὥστ᾽ οὐκ ἂν αὐτὸν γνωρίσαιμ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 379, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 857, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 943 (Lyric poetry). b. with _optative_ in indirect speech, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.23)]; after optative in principal clause, [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 1.13.)]
B.II.4 with subjunctive, in order that, in Thessalian dialect, τὸς ταμίας φροντίσαι οὕστε.. γενειθεῖ τᾶ πόλι ἁ δόσις [Refs (“BCH” 59.38 (from Crannon); ἀντιλλαβέσθαι τᾶς πόλλιος (sic) οὕστε.. ἐς πάντουν ἐγλυθεῖ τοῦν δανείουν [prev. work]p.37.)]
B.III with participle, instead of infinitive, after a participle in the principal clause, τοσοῦτον ἁπάντων διενεγκόντες, ὥσθ᾽ ὑπὲρ Ἀργείων δυστυχησάντων Θηβαίοις.. ἐπιτάττοντες κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.64 (assuming variant))]; οὕτω σφόδρα μισοῦντα τοῦτον, ὥστε πολὺ δὴ (ἂν Dobree) θᾶττον διαθέμενον κτλ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.16; ὥστε.. δέον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.1.)]
B.IV πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν extremely, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.2.17.)]
B.V in later Greek, followed by Preps., Παρμένοντι κλειδὸς ὥ. ἐπὶ τὸ Διοσκούριον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Délos” 316.83 (3rd c.BC))]; ξύλον ὥ. ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2) 287 A 52 (3rd c.BC))]; μόλυβδος ὥ. εἰς τὸ Κύνθιον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work]203 A 52 (3rd c.BC))]; κριθῶν ὥ. εἰς τὰ κτήνη barley for the animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 251.5 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥ. εἰς ξένια φοίνικας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 1.7.4 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.V.b with dative, for, χρεία αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ὥ. Πισικλεῖ it is needed for P., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 241 (3rd c.BC))]; ὥ. τοῖς χησίν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).287 A 45 (3rd c.BC).)]