πάλιν γὰρ ἥκει ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος, ὅτι τοῖς μὲν κοσμίοις τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὡς ἂν κοσμιώτεροι γίγνοιντο οἱ μήπω ὄντες, δεῖ χαρίζεσθαι καὶ φυλάττειν τὸν τούτων ἔρωτα, καὶ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ καλός, ὁ οὐράνιος, ὁ τῆς Οὐρανίας [187e] μούσης Ἔρως· what kind of clause is this ὡς ἂν κοσμιώτεροι γίγνοιντο οἱ μήπω ὄντες, is it a result clause.
I’d call it an apodosis of a conditional clause.
If it were an apodosis then ως would be inappropriate here
Maybe here hOs is simply synonym for hOti, object clause, and an only to be understood as potential with the optative?
I’m afraid it would make no sense at all but no doubt this is a potential subjunctive
Any proposal for a solution to the question @Constantinus?
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