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

  • τὸ γὰρ τῷ μὲν ὑπὲρ σὲ τὴν λοπάδα παρεστάναι ἔστ’ ἂν ἀπαγορεύσῃ^ ἐμφορούμενοσ, σὲ δὲ οὕτω ταχέωσ παραδραμεῖν, τίνι φορητὸν ἐλευθέρῳ ἀνδρὶ κἂν ὁπόσην αἱ ἔλαφοι τὴν χολὴν ἔχοντι; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 26:8)
  • ἰδὼν δὲ ὅμωσ τὰ πάντα ἠρόμην τινὰ τῶν ναυτῶν, ὁπόσην ἀποφέρει ἡ ναῦσ τῷ δεσπότῃ ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ κατ̓ ἔτοσ ἕκαστον τὴν μισθοφορίαν. (Lucian, 23:1)
  • ἔνθα δὴ καὶ μάλιστα ἴδοι τισ ἂν ὁπόσην ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων εὔνοιαν ἐπεδείκνυντο, ἐν τῇ πρὸσ τοὺσ Σκύθασ συμπλοκῇ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 6:6)
  • ὅ τε Νικίασ ἀναστὰσ ἐξίστατο τῆσ ἐπὶ Πύλον στρατηγίασ αὐτῷ, καὶ λαμβάνειν ὁπόσην βούλεται δύναμιν ἐκέλευσε, καὶ μὴ θρασύνεσθαι λόγοισ ἀκινδύνοισ, ἀλλ’ ἔργον τι τῇ πόλει παρασχεῖν ἄξιον σπουδῆσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 7 3:3)
  • ἔτι δὲ ὁπόσην μὲν τῆσ χώρασ διελαύνων ἐφορᾷ αὐτόσ, καὶ δοκιμάζει, ὁπόσην δὲ μὴ αὐτὸσ ἐφορᾷ, πέμπων πιστοὺσ ἐπισκοπεῖται. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 9:1)

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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