ὅσος
Pronoun;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὅσος
ὅση
ὅσον
Structure:
ὁς
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: like Lat.
Sense
- (relative adjective) (often as anaphor to τόσος, or πᾶς, ἅπας) as much as, how much
- (followed by particles) (ὅσος ἄν) how ever great
- (ὅσος δή) how great, how ever many
- (ὁσοσοῦν) ever so small
- (ὅσοσπερ) even so great as, no greater than
- (adverbial usages) so far as, so much as
- (ὅσῳ, ὅσῳ περ, often with comparative) by how much
- (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.
- τῷ λόγῳ δὲ νῦν ἂν μάλιστα ἀνηβᾶν καὶ ἀνθεῖν καὶ ἀκμάζειν καθ’ ὡρ́αν εἰή καὶ ἕλκειν τῶν ὤτων ὅσουσ ἂν πλείστουσ δύνηται, καὶ τοξεύειν πολλάκισ, ὡσ οὐδέν γε δέοσ μὴ κενωθεὶσ λάθοι ὁ γωρυτὸσ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:2)
- πόλεισ τε γὰρ δι’ αὐτὸν ἐξερημωθῆναί φησι πολλὰσ Ἑλληνίδασ, τὰσ μὲν ὑπὸ βαρβάρων, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ σφῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ φυγαδείασ καὶ φθόρουσ ἀνθρώπων ὅσουσ οὔπω πρότερον γενέσθαι, σεισμούσ τε καὶ αὐχμοὺσ καὶ νόσουσ καὶ ἄλλασ πολλὰσ συμφοράσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 5:1)
- ὥσθ’ ὅσουσ εὑρίσκομεν πρεσβυτέρουσ τούτου τοῦ ἄρχοντοσ εἴ τισ γνησίουσ θήσεται, ἀπιστοίημεν ἂν εἰκότωσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 4 2:1)
- ὅμωσ δὲ εἰ μετὰ συγγνώμησ ἀναγνώσεσθαι μέλλοισ καὶ τὰ ἐνδέοντα τοῖσ ἱστορουμένοισ προσλογιεῖσθαι,, ὑποστήσομαί σοι τὸν ἆθλον, καὶ τὴν Αὐγέου βουστασίαν, εἰ καὶ μὴ πᾶσαν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ δύναμίν γε τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἀνακαθάρασθαι πειράσομαι, ὀλίγουσ ὅσουσ τῶν κοφίνων ἐκφορήσασ, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων τεκμαίροιο πόση πᾶσα καὶ ὡσ ἀμύθητοσ ἦν ἡ κόπροσ ἣν τρισχίλιοι βόεσ ἐν πολλοῖσ ἔτεσιν ποιῆσαι ἐδύναντο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 1:4)
- καὶ τότε ἄρα ἐστὶν τὸ θέαμα ἄξιον τῶν πόνων, ὅσουσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ κυσὶν πονεῖν ἀνάγκη. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 15 2:3)
