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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὁπόσος ὁπόση ὁπόσον
Genitive ὁπόσου ὁπόσης ὁπόσου
Dative ὁπόσῳ ὁπόσῃ ὁπόσῳ
Accusative ὁπόσον ὁπόσην ὁπόσον
Vocative ὁπόσε ὁπόση ὁπόσον
DualN/A/V ὁπόσω ὁπόσᾱ ὁπόσω
G/D ὁπόσοιν ὁπόσαιν ὁπόσοιν
PluralNominative ὁπόσοι ὁπόσαι ὁπόσα
Genitive ὁπόσων ὁποσῶν ὁπόσων
Dative ὁπόσοις ὁπόσαις ὁπόσοις
Accusative ὁπόσους ὁπόσᾱς ὁπόσα
Vocative ὁπόσοι ὁπόσαι ὁπόσα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὁπόσος ὁπόσου ὁποσώτερος ὁποσωτέρου ὁποσώτατος ὁποσωτάτου
Adverb ὁπόσως ὁποσώτερον ὁποσώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ δὴ δεῖ τὴν εὐποιίαν τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην ἐσ τὸ λοιπόν μοι γενέσθαι, οὐδὲ τὸ ἑκόντα εὐεργετῆσαι ἀφορμὴν τοῦ ἄκοντα κελεύεσθαι καταστῆναι, οὐδὲ ἔθοσ ὑπάρξαι τοῦτο, τὸ ἅπαξ τινὰ ἰασάμενον πάντασ ἐσ ἀεὶ θεραπεύειν ὁπόσουσ ἂν ὁ θεραπευθεὶσ θέλῃ· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 25:1)
  • πλὴν ἀλλ’ ὅ γε λεὼσ ὁ πολὺσ τεθήπασιν αὐτούσ, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόσουσ μηδὲν τῶν ἀναγκαιοτέρων ἀσχολεῖ, καὶ παρεστᾶσι πρὸσ τὸ θράσοσ καὶ τὴν βοὴν κεκηλημένοι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:11)
  • εἰ δέ γε ἠπίστατο τὰσ κύνασ τὰσ Κελτικάσ, ταὐτὸν τοῦτο δοκεῖ ἄν μοι ἀποφήνασθαι περὶ τῶν κυνῶν, ὡσ ὁπόσουσ λαγὼσ οὐχ αἱροῦσιν κύνεσ κατὰ πόδασ, παρὰ φύσιν σώματοσ οὐχ αἱροῦσιν ἢ τύχῃ χρησάμεναι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:1)
  • ἀλλὰ εἰ πάντωσ ἐρᾷσ καὶ τάχιστα ἐθέλεισ τῇ ῥητορικῇ συνεῖναι ἀκμάζων ἔτι, ὡσ καὶ σπουδάζοιο πρὸσ αὐτῆσ, ἴθι, τῷ μὲν δασεῖ τούτῳ καὶ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου ἀνδρικῷ μακρὰ χαίρειν λέγε, ἀναβαίνειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄλλουσ ὁπόσουσ ἂν ἐξαπατᾶν δύνηται ἀνάγειν καταλιπὼν ἀσθμαίνοντα καὶ ἱδρῶτι πολλῷ συνόντα. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 10:3)
  • φασὶ γέ τοι μὴ μόνον λυττᾶν καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ φοβεῖσθαι ὁπόσουσ ἂν οἱ λυττῶντεσ κύνεσ δάκωσιν, ἀλλὰ κἄν τινα ὁ δηχθεὶσ ἄνθρωποσ δάκῃ, ἴσα τῷ κυνὶ δύναται τὸ δῆγμα, καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ κἀκεῖνοσ φοβεῖται. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 32:2)

Synonyms

  1. as many as

  2. as much as

  3. how great or much soever

Related

Similar forms

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

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