ὅσος,
Epic dialect ὅσσος, η, ον, both forms in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσος also in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb, [
Refs 7th c.BC+] ii 18 (ὄσσος), argument, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Central Cretan dialect
ὄζος [
Refs], and
ὄττος [
Refs]
adjective:—of Size,
as great as, how great; of Quantity,
as much as, how much; of Space,
as far as, how far; of Time,
as long as, how long; of Number,
as many as, how many; of Sound,
as loud as, how loud:
correlative with τόσος (τόσσος), τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος, in sense
as, τόσσον χρόνον ὅσσον ἄνωγας [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοσοῦτον ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην. [
Refs 4th c.BC+] as antecedent, χῶρον ἅπαντα ὅσσον. [
Refs 8th c.BC+] just so much
as, ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; agreeing with an antecedent implied in an
adjective, γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι. the virtue
of all the women, who, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
substantive frequently precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause, οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρᾷς. τὴν θεῶν ἰσχύν, ὅση [ἐστί]; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ Ζεῦ, τὸ χρῆμα τῶν κόπων ὅσον! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον· ἀπέραντον! [
Refs 8th c.BC+] the quantities of the first ingredient and the others, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) with a
partitive genitive in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔ τις. ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοί of all the Achaeans, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; [τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοι which are and which are not, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; on τῶν ὅσοι, see ὁ, ἡ, τό [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) of Time, ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη, etc, see at {ὁσημέραι}.
4) with τις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα. ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς. ἔνεστιν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον τι ἐστί[
Refs]
5) with
accusative of extent, λίμνη. μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ in size
as large as that in Delos, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6) with
adjectives expressing Quantity, etc, both words being put in the same case, [πίθηκοι] ἄφθονοι ὅσοι. γίνονται, i. e. in amazing numbers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος prodigiously large, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντες [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7) with
superlative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι τῶν πολίων the most they possibly could, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὅσον τάχος
as quickly
as possible, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον σθένος with all possible strength, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
8) with
infinitive,
so much as is enough for, ὅσον ἀποζῆν
enough to live off, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν so much
as is enough for appearance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) for ὅτι τοσοῦτος (see. οἷος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III) followed by Particles:
III.1) ὅσος ἄν (κεν)
how great (many) soever, with
subjunctive, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2) ὅσος δή
of such and such a size or
number (but in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] naming
such and such an amount, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέταξε τοῖσι. ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας. κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων ordering
such and such a number, [
Refs]; παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for payment
of a certain amount, [
Refs]; ὁσοσδηποτοῦν, in
plural,
any number whatsoever, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
however large, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.3) ὁσοσοῦν,
Ionic dialect -ῶν,
ever so small, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in
plural,
however many, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4) ὅσοσπερ,
precisely as great as, τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] ὅσοσπέρ ἐστι
of its normal size, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: in
plural,
as many as, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; and this is still more the case with
Epic dialect ὅσος τε (compare ὅστε), [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV) Adverbial usages of ὅσον and ὅσα:
IV.1)
so far as, so much as, οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
infinitive, ὅσον αὔξειν ἢ καθαιρεῖν
so far as to, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
infinitive, ὅσον γέ μ᾽ εἰδέναι
as far as I know, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so μακραίων γ᾽, ὅσ᾽ ἀπεικάσαι conjecture in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: but more frequently with
indicative, ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον καθ᾽ ἕν᾽ ἄνδρα
so far as was in one man's power, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα γε τἀνθρώπεια
humanly speaking, [
Refs]
IV.1.b)
how far, how much, ἴστε γὰρ ὅσσον ἐμοὶ ἀρετῇ περιβάλλετον ἵπποι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with
adjectives,
how, ὅσον or ὅσσον. μέγ᾽ ὄνειαρ, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.2)
only so far as, only just, ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα ὠργίζετο, opposed to τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅ. ὅ. στίλη; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὅ. ὅ. [
NT]; ὅσον· ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; παρ᾽ ὅσον ἧττον
a little less, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὅσον
not even, οὐδ᾽ ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
absolutely,
not the least mite, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; cf. IV. 5.
IV.3) of size or distance, ὅσον τε
about, nearly, ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυιαν, ὅσον τε πυγούσιον, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in
Attic dialect ὅσον alone, ὅσον δύο πλέθρα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον [
Refs]
IV.4) with
adjectives of Quality or Degree, mostly with
comparative, αἴθ᾽, ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι
so far as, inasmuch as I am a greater king, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.5) with
negatives, ὅσον οὐ or ὁσονού
just not, all but[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη
almost immediately, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] with
future,
presently, in a minute, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.5.b) οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐσώθησαν
not only not, but not even, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.5.c) ὅσον μή
so far as not, save or
except so far as, καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν φύσιν, ὅσον μὴ ὑβριστής (sic to be read) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον γ᾽ ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων
so far as I can without touching, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with a finite Verb, πείθεσθαι, ὅσον ἂν μὴ ἀνάγκη ᾖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.6) ὁσονοῦν,
Ionic dialect ὁσονῶν,
ever so little, εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.7) ὅσα and ὅσαπερ, just like{ὡς, ὥσπερ},
as, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V) ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ,
by how much, frequently with
comparative, ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with
superlative, διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2) ὅσῳ with
comparative when followed by another
comparative with τοσούτῳ,
the more, so much the more, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes a
superlative replaces the
comparative, ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι, τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσῳ alone, ἑωυτοὺς δὲ γενέσθαι τοσούτῳ, ἀμείνονας, ὅσῳ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI) ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, καθ᾽ ὅσον are frequently used much like{ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω} [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός
as far as he can, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; later of Time, ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν
as long as. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον περιῆσαν
as long as they lived, Mitteis [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VI.2) ἐν ὅσῳ
while, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII) no
adverb ὅσως occurs.