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ὅσος

See also: όσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὅσσος ‎(hóssos) Epic

Adjective

ὅσος • ‎(hósos)

(relative adjective) often as anaphor to τόσος, or πᾶς, ἅπας as much as, how much
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.670
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.169
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 286
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 35
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.190
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.723
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.115
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 976
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1464
- 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 174
- 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 44
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.86
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.113
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 14.371
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.45
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 1.1
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.658
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 118
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1278
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 2
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 309
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.630
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 16.236
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 68.B
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, On Horsemanship 11.12
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 6.1.10
1. (in plural the noun may be in nominative or partitive genitive)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.13
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.267
  - 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 441
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.55
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 467.D
2. (in Attic, of time)
3. (with τις)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.45
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.193
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.102
4. (with accusative absolute)
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.170
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 423.B
5. (with adjectives expressing quantity)
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.194
  - 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 750
  - 390 BCE, Plato, Hippias Major 282.C
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Halcyon 5
  - 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Rhetoric 1.3.91
  - 1 CE – 100 CE, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, De Natura Deorum 9
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 1
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 350.D
  - 213 CE – 273 CE, Cassius Longinus, Collected Works 1.1
  - 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 150.D
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laches 184.C
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 588.A
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 1.45
6. (with superlative)
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.44
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.21
  - 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 727
  - 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 1.42
  - 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.589
7. (with infinitive) so much as is enough for
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.2
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.5
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1191
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.49
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 416.E
8. (οὐδ᾽ὅσον)
(for ὅτι τοσοῦτος)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.75
- 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 74
(followed by particles)
1. (ὅσος ἄν) how ever great
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.66
2. (ὅσος δή) how great, how ever many
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.487
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.52
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.160
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.151
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.157
  - 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 9.9
  - 331 CE – 363 CE, Julian, Orations 3.119.A
  - 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.45
  - 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 4.60
3. (ὁσοσοῦν) ever so small
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.199
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1265.A.41
4. (ὅσοσπερ) even so great as, no greater than
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.50
  - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 475
  - 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 423
  - 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 441
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.87
  - 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 806
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.113
(adverbial usages)
1. so far as, so much as
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.371
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367.A.34
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1252
  - 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 145.A
  - 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.59
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 152
  - 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Civil Wars 4.11
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.222
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.360
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 946
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.46
  - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 196.D
  - 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 153
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1509
  - 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 422.C
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1239
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.21
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 467.C
  - 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 47.A
  1. how far, how much
    - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.276
    - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 927
    - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 41
    - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 346
    - 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 582
2. only so far as, only just
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.354
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.45
  - 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 485.A
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 403.D
  - 342 BCE – 291 BCE, Diphilus, Collected Works 43.14
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1076.A.27
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.20
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.105
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 607.A
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 778.C
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.73
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.20
  - 362 BCE – 262 BCE, Philemon, Collected Works 98.3
  - 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 213
  - 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 5.3
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Epigrams 47.9
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 37
  - 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.181
  - 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.190
  - 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.519
  - 340 BCE – 285 BCE, Philitas, Collected Works 7
3. (in reference to distances) about, nearly
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.325
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.517
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.114
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.351
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.57
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.96
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.51
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.38
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 229.C
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.28
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.23
4. (with adjectives of quality or degree, mostly with comparative)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.722
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.186
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.160
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.17
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.516
  - 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 772
  - 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1103
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1433
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 524
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.185
5. (with negatives) only not, all but
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.36
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.59
  - 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 141
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.96
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.4.4
  - 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 8.34.8
  - 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1076
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.125
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.34
  - 60 CE – 120 CE, Nicomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic 1.8
  - 200 CE – 400 CE, Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica 2.31
  1. (οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο)
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.62
  2. (ὅσον μή) so far as not, save or except so far as
    - 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 273.A
    - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1214
    - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 347
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.111
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.16
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 21.4
    - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 83.A
6. (ὁσονοῦν) ever so little
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.22
  - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.7.5
7. (ὅσα and ὅσαπερ are sometimes used just like ὡς, ὥσπερ)
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.12
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, A True Story 1.24
(ὅσῳ, ὅσῳ περ, often with comparative) by how much
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 40
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 488.3
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.14
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.82
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 59
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1050
1. (with comparative, when followed by another comparative with τοσούτῳ) the more.., so much the more..
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.80
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 368.B
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1419
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 792
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.84
  - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Olive Stump 39
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.137
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.49
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.13
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 313
  - 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 743
(ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, καθ᾽ὅσον are often used much like ὅσον)
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1403
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.4
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 607.A
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 51.B
1. (ἐν ὅσῳ) while
  - 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 943
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.87

Inflection

Declension of ὅσος; ὅση; ὅσον

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὅσος	ὅση	ὅσον	ὅσω	ὅσᾱ	ὅσω	ὅσοι	ὅσαι	ὅσᾰ
Genitive	ὅσου	ὅσης	ὅσου	ὅσοιν	ὅσαιν	ὅσοιν	ὅσων	ὅσων	ὅσων
Dative	ὅσῳ	ὅσῃ	ὅσῳ	ὅσοιν	ὅσαιν	ὅσοιν	ὅσοις	ὅσαις	ὅσοις
Accusative	ὅσον	ὅσην	ὅσον	ὅσω	ὅσᾱ	ὅσω	ὅσους	ὅσᾱς	ὅσᾰ
Vocative	ὅσε	ὅση	ὅσον	ὅσω	ὅσᾱ	ὅσω	ὅσοι	ὅσαι	ὅσᾰ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὅσον, ὅσᾰ			(ὅσος)
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

ὅσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὅσος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὅσος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
«ὅσος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
«ὅσος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ὅσος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
“G3745”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- big idem, page 78.
- great idem, page 372.
- how idem, page 408.
- large idem, page 476.
- much idem, page 545.
Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press

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ὅσος

ὅσος

Ancient Greek

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