Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁπόσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπόσος ὁπόση ὁπόσον

Structure: ὁπος (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. as many as
  2. as much as, as great as, as far as
  3. how great or much soever

Examples

  • ἀγαπητὸν δὲ ὁπωσοῦν κλεινὸν καὶ ὀνομαστὸν εἶναι, εἶτα καταριθμήσεισ ^ αὐτῇ τὰσ πολλάσ σου προσηγορίασ, ὁπόσασ κατὰ ἔθνη προσείληφασ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 23:3)
  • καὶ μάλα ὁπόσασ ἂν ἐθέλῃσ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 17:5)
  • ἐν ᾗ συνιδεῖν ἔστιν οὕτωσ πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ ἱδρυμένασ, καὶ κατ’ ἰδίαν δὲ τὰσ πολλάσ, ὡσ Ἀλεξανδρέων μὲν τὴν χρυσῆν, Ἀντιοχέων δὲ τὴν καλήν, Νικομηδέων δὲ τὴν περικαλλῆ, προσέτι τε τὴν λαμπροτάτην πόλεων πασῶν ὁπόσασ ὁ Ζεὺσ ἀναφαίνει, τὰσ Ἀθήνασ λέγω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 364)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰσ ἀποδείξεισ αὐτάσ, ὁπόσασ οἱο͂́ν τε εὑρίσκειν, ἀμφισβητουμένασ ὄψει καὶ μηδὲν ἐχούσασ βεβαιου· (Lucian, 144:5)
  • ναῦσ ἐκεῖ μὲν δώδεκα κεκτῆσθαι, νῦν δ’ ὁπόσασ ἂν βουλώμεθα· (Andocides, Speeches, 18:5)

Synonyms

  1. as many as

  2. as much as

  3. how great or much soever

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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