ὅμως
Etym. Conj. from ὁμός but with changed accent
I. "all the same, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still", Lat. tamen, Il., Soph., etc.:—often strengthened by other words, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως, Lat. attamen, but "still", but "for all that", Ar., etc.; ὅμως μήν, ὅμως μέντοι Plat.; ὅμως γε μήν, ὅμως γε μέντοι Ar.:—used elliptically, οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως (sc. οἰστέον) id=Ar.
II. in apodosis after καί εἰ or καὶ ἐάν, as "tamen" after "etsi or quamquam", κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ᾽ ὅμως even if I shall say nothing plainly, "yet" I will speak, Soph.;—so, κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅμως (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς, ὅμως κλῦθι), id=Soph.
III. to limit single words, Lat. quamvis, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅμως helpless "though" he be, Hes., etc.