LSJ
enclit. Particle, adding force to the word to which it is added, prob. a shortd. form of περί in the sense of very much, however much. — Chiefly Ep. and Lyr. ; also in Trag. with relats. and parts. ; in Hom. freq. with Adj. and part. ὤν, ἐπεί μ’ ἔτεκές γε μινυνθάδιόν π. ἐόντα all shortlived as I am, Il. 1.352 ; φίλην π. ἐοῦσαν ib. 587 ; Ἰθάκης κραναῆς π. ἐούσης 3.201 ; mostly concessive like καίπερ, ἀγαθός π. ἐών however brave thou art, 1.131, al. ; κρατερός π. ἐών 15.164; κύνεός π. ἐών 9.373; δουρικτητήν π. ἐοῦσαν ib. 343; μέγαν π. ἐόντα 5.625; so in Trag., ἄελπτά π. ὄντα A. Supp. 55 (lyr.); γενναῖός π. ὤν S. Ph. 1068 ; with a Subst., ἀλόχῳ π. ἐούσῃ Il. 1.546 ; γυνή π. οὖσα A. Th. 1043 ; with Adj. and Subst., λιγύς π. ἐὼν ἀγορητής Il. 2.246 ; with καί preceding, καὶ κρατερός π. ἐών 15.195, etc. ; with the part. ὤν omitted, φράδμων π. ἀνήρ however shrewd, 16.638; κρατερός π. 21.63 ; χερείονά π. 17.539 ; καὶ θεός π. A. Ag. 1203, cf. 1084 ; with parts., ἱεμένων π.
however eager, Il. 17.292 ; καὶ ἀχνύμενός π. ἑταίρου grieved though he was for…, 8.125. intens., ἐλεεινότερός π. more pitiable by far, 24.504 ; μίνυνθά π. for a very little, 1.416, 13.573 ; ὀλίγον π. 11.391 ; πρῶτόν π. first of all, 14.295 ; ὑστάτιόν π. 8.353 ; ὀψέ π. Pi. N. 3.80 ; to strengthen a negation, οὐδὲ… π. not even, not at all, οὐδ’ ὑμῖν ποταμός π. ἐΰρροος ἀρκέσει Il. 21.130, cf. 8.201, 11.841, 21.410, Od. 1.59, 3.236 ; μή ποτε καὶ σὺ γυναικί π. ἤπιος εἶναι 11.441 ; ἢν μή π. Hdt. 6.57. to give emphasis, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοί π. πονεώμεθα Il. 10.70; ἡμεῖς δ’ αὐτοί π. φραζώμεθα 17.712; σθένος ἀνέρος ἀμφότεροί π. σχῶμεν 21.308 ; esp.
at any rate, τιμήν π. μοι ὄφελλεν ἐλλυαλίξαι honour (whatever else) he owed me, 1.353, cf. 2.236, 17.121, 239 ; τόδε π. μοι ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ 8.242 ; in imper. clauses with the pers. Pron., ἀλλὰ σύ π. μιν τῖσον at all events, 1.508 ; in the apodosis of a conditional sentence, εἰ δέ τοι Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἀπήχθετο…, σὺ δ’ ἄλλους π.… ἐλέαιρε 9.301, cf. 11.796, 12.349.
after Conjs. and relat. words, with which it commonly coalesces; after hypothetical Conjs., v. εἴπερ. after temporal Conjs., ὅτε π.
just when, Il. 4.259, 5.802, etc. ; ἦμος… π. 11.86; ὅταν π. S. OC 301, etc. ; πρίν π. before even, Il. 15.588. after causal Conjs., v. ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπερ; δι’ ὅ τι π.
just because, Hdt. 4.186. after relats., v. ὅσπερ, οἷός περ, ὅσοσπερ, ἔνθαπερ, ὅθιπερ, οὗπερ, ᾗπερ, ὥσπερ. after the comp. particle, v. ἤπερ, ἠέπερ. after καί, v. καίπερ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
TBESG
πέρ
(akin to περί),
enclitic particle, adding force or positiveness to the word which precedes it: indeed, by far, etc. In the NT, it is always affixed to the word to which it relates, see: διόπερ, άἐνπερ, εἴπερ, ἐπείπερ, ἐπειδήπερ, ἤπερ, καθάπερ, καίπερ, ἅσπερ, ὥσπερ
ὥσ-περ
adv.,
just as, even as: Mat.6:2 20:28, Act.3:17, 1Co.8:5, 1Th.5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mat.12:40, Luk.17:24, Jhn.5:21, Rom.5:19, Gal.4:29, Jas.2:26, al
(AS)
Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars