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ὅσος

Pronoun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὅσος ὅση ὅσον

Structure: ὁς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: like Lat.

Sense

  1. (relative adjective) (often as anaphor to τόσος, or πᾶς, ἅπας) as much as, how much
  2. (followed by particles) (ὅσος ἄν) how ever great
  3. (ὅσος δή) how great, how ever many
  4. (ὁσοσοῦν) ever so small
  5. (ὅσοσπερ) even so great as, no greater than
  6. (adverbial usages) so far as, so much as
  7. (ὅσῳ, ὅσῳ περ, often with comparative) by how much
  8. (ἐν ὅσῳ) while

Declension

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

  • πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, ὅσασ ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν ἡ ἁφή, ἀκάθαρτοσ ὢν ἀκάθαρτοσ ἔσται, κεχωρισμένοσ καθήσεται, ἔξω τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἡ διατριβή. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:46)
  • ὅπωσ ἀναφέρωσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὰσ θυσίασ αὐτῶν, ὅσασ ἂν αὐτοὶ σφάξουσιν ἐν τοῖσ πεδίοισ, καὶ οἴσουσι τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τὰσ θύρασ τῆσ σκηνῆσ τοῦ μαρτυρίου πρὸσ τὸν ἱερέα καὶ θύσουσι θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ Κυρίῳ αὐτά. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 17:5)
  • πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ ξυρὸν οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, ἕωσ ἂν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι, ὅσασ ηὔξατο Κυρίῳ. ἅγιοσ ἔσται τρέφων κόμην τρίχα κεφαλῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 6:5)
  • κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὅσασ κατεσκέψασθε τὴν γῆν, τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ, ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, λήψεσθε τὰσ ἁμαρτίασ ὑμῶν τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη καὶ γνώσεσθε τὸν θυμὸν τῆσ ὀργῆσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 14:34)
  • καὶ ἐνεκάθησθε ἐν Κάδησ ἡμέρασ πολλάσ, ὅσασ ποτὲ ἡμέρασ ἐνεκάθησθε. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:46)

Synonyms

  1. so far as

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