[*] 2995. With numerals and words indicating degree ὡς means about, nearly, not far from; as ““ὁπλί_τα_ς ἔχων ὡς πεντακοσίους” having about five hundred hoplites” X. A. 1.2.3, ““ὡς ἐπὶ πολύ” for the most part” P. R. 377b (lit. about over the great(er) part).