ὅσος

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Ep. ὅσσος, η, ον, both forms in Hom. and Hes.; ὅσσος also in A.Pers.864 (lyr.); and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb., Alc.Oxy.1788 Fr.15 ii 18 (ὄσσος), Arg., IG4.748.5 (Troezen, iv B. C.), Thess., ib. 9(2).517.19, al.; Central Cret. ὄζος GDI5090 (Lyttos), al., and ὄττος ib.5000 (Gortyn): Relat. and indirect interrog. Adj.:—of Size,

   A as great as, how great; of Quantity, as much as, how much ; of Space, as far as, how far; of Time, as long as, how long; of Number, as many as, how many; of Sound, as loud as, how loud: correl. with τόσος (τόσσος), τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος, in sense as, τόσσον χρόνον ὅσσον ἄνωγας Il.24.670, cf. Od.19.169; τόσονδ', ὅσον . . S.El.286; τοσοῦτον ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην . . D.4.35: sts. with πᾶς or ἅπας as antec., χῶρον ἅπαντα ὅσσον . . Il.23.190; ἐκ πασέων, ὅσσαι . . Od.4.723; πάντα μάλ' ὅσσα . . Il.22.115 ; τοὺς πάντας... ὅσοι . . A.Pr.976, etc.; also ὅσων . . ψαύοιμι, πάντων τῶνδ' ἀεὶ μετειχέτην S.OT1464: with ἴσος, just so much as, ἐμοὶ δ' ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν Ar.Ec.174, cf. D.21.44: freq. without antec., τῆς ἦ τοι φωνὴ μὲν ὅση σκύλακος νεογιλῆς Od.12.86, cf. 10.113, etc.; ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται Il.14.371, cf. 75,18.512 ; agreeing with an antec. implied in an Adj., γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι . . the virtue of all the women, who . ., Th.2.45, cf. ὅς B. 1.1 : the Subst. freq. precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause, οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος (about the woe), ὅσσον ὄρωρε Il.11.658 ; ὁρᾷς . . τὴν θεῶν ἰσχύν, ὅση [ἐστί]; S.Aj.118 ; ὦ Ζεῦ... τὸ χρῆμα τῶν κόπων ὅσον! Ar.Ra.1278; τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον· ἀπέραντον! Id.Nu.2: and sts. it is attracted to the case of the antec., εὐτραφέστατον πωμάτων ὅσων ἵησιν (for ὅσα) A.Th.309 (lyr.); joined with οἷος, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Il.24.630 ; so ὅσσοι τε καὶ οἵτινες Od.16.236: repeated in the same clause, τὸ δὲ ὅσον μέτρον ὅσοις [μειγνύμενον] the quantities of the first ingredient and the others, Pl.Ti.68b ; γαίης ὅσσης ὅσσον ἔχει μόριον AP7.740 (Leon.) : perh. sts. folld. by a partic. for a finite Verb, ὅσοι συμπαρεπόμενοι (s. v. l.) X.Eq.11.12, cf. HG6.1.10.    2 with a partit. gen. in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοι Il. 12.13; ἄριστοι ἵππων, ὅσσοι ἔασιν 5.267 ; Περσῶν ὅσοιπερ A.Pers.441; οὔ τις . . ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοί of all the Achaeans, Il.9.55; [τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοι which are and which are not... Pl.R.467d; on τῶν ὅσοι, v. ὁ, ἡ, τό A. 111.    3 of Time, ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη, etc., v. ὁσημέραι.    4 with τις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα . . ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς . . ἔνεστιν Od.10.45; ὅσον τι δένδρον . . γίνεται Hdt.1.193; ὅσον τι ἐστί ib.185 ; ὅσοι τινὲς ἐόντες . . Id.7.102, etc.    5 with acc. of extent, λίμνη . . μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ in size as large as that in Delos, Id.2.170, cf. 175, Pl.R.423b.    6 with Adjs. expressing Quantity, etc., both words being put in the same case, [πίθηκοι] ἄφθονοι ὅσοι . . γίνονται, i. e. in amazing numbers, Hdt.4.194 ; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος prodigiously large, Ar.Pl.750 ; χρήματα θαυμαστὰ ὅσα Pl.Hp.Ma.282c, cf. Luc.Halc.5, etc. ; ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα, Phld.Rh.1.3,91 S., cf. Corn.ND9 ; ὀλίγους ὅσους τῶν κοφίνων Luc. Alex.1 ; ἐτόλμησαν ἐπιφύεσθαι ἡμεῖν πλεῖστοι ὅσοι SIG888.65 (Thrace, iii A. D.); μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσου Pl.R.350d ; διὰ μυρίων ὅσων Longin.1.1: freq. in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντες Pl.Tht.150d ; θ. ὅσον διαφέρει Id.La.184c; ἀμηχάνῳ δὴ ὅσῳ πλείονι Id.R.588a ; τυτθὸν ὅσσον ἄπωθεν Theoc.1.45 ; βαιὸν ὅσον παραβάς AP12.227 (Strat.).    7 with Sup., ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι τῶν πολίων the most they possibly could... Hdt.6.44, cf. Th.7.21 ; also ὅσον τάχος as quickly as possible, Ar.Th. 727 (more freq. ὅσον τάχιστα, v. infr. IV. 4); ὅσον σθένος with all possible strength, Theoc.1.42, A.R.2.589.    8 c. inf., so much as is enough for . ., ὅσον ἀποζῆν enough to live off, Th.1.2 ; ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον . . διελθεῖν τὸ πεδίον X.An.4.1.5; εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν so much as is enough for appearance, S.OT1191 (lyr.), cf. Th.3.49, Pl.R.416e, etc.    II for ὅτι τοσοῦτος (v. οἷος 11.2,3, ὅς B. IV. 3), Od.4.75, E.Hel.74, etc.    III folld. by Particles:    1 ὅσος ἄν (κεν) how great (many) soever, with subj., Il.3.66, etc.    2 ὅσος δή of such and such a size or number (but in Hom. merely strengthd. for ὅσος, Od.15.487, al.), κήρυγμα ἐποιήσατο... ζημίην τοῦτον ὀφείλειν, ὅσην δὴ εἴπας naming such and such an amount, Hdt.3.52 ; ἐπέταξε τοῖσι . . ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας . . κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων ordering such and such a number, ib.159 ; παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for payment of a certain amount, Id.1.160 ; σιτία παρακαταλιπόντες ὅσων δὴ μηνῶν Id.4.151 ; so ὅσος δή κοτε Id.1.157; ὁσοσδηποτοῦν, in pl., any number whatsoever, Euc.9.9, al., Agatharch.34; ὁσοσδηοῦν however large, Jul.Or.3.119a ; ὅσος δή τις D.H.2.45, 4.60.    3 ὁσοσοῦν, Ion. -ῶν, ever so small, Hdt.1.199 : in pl., however many, Arist.Pol.1265a41 ; v. infr. IV. 6.    4 ὅσοσπερ, precisely as great as, τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] ὅσοσπέρ ἐστι of its normal size, Hdt.4.50, cf. 2.170, etc.: in pl., as many as, Hes.Th.475, A.Pers. 423,441 ; ἔθνεα πάντα ὅσαπερ ἦγε Hdt.4.87 ; ἅπαντα... ὅσαπέρ γ' ἔφασκον, κἄτι πολλῷ πλείονα Ar.V.806: but ὅσοσπερ can freq. hardly be distd. from ὅσος, v. supr. 1.2, 5, infr. IV. 1, 3, and 7; and this is still more the case with Ep. ὅσος τε (cf. ὅστε), Od.10.113, al.    IV Adverbial usages of ὅσον and ὅσα:    1 so far as, so much as, οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι Il.21.371: c. inf., ὅσον αὔξειν ἢ καθαιρεῖν so far as to... Arist.Rh.1376a34 : in parenthesis, c. inf., ὅσον γέ μ' εἰδέναι as far as I know, Ar.Nu.1252, Pl.Tht.145a, cf. D.H.2.59 ; so μακραίων γ', ὅσ' ἀπεικάσαι cj. in S.OC 152 (lyr.); ὅσον ἐς Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ Λατίνης μεταβαλεῖν App. BC4.11 : but more freq. c. ind., ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω Il.13.222, cf. 20.360 ; so ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω S.El.946 ; ὅσα γε . . ἦν εἰκάσαι Th.8.46; ὅσον δυνατόν Pl.Smp.196d, etc.; ὅσον καθ' ἕν' ἄνδρα so far as was in one man's power, D.18.153 ; ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος S.OT1509: c. gen., ὅσον γε δυνάμεως παρ' ἐμοί ἐστι Pl.Cra.422c, cf. S.OT1239 ; also ὅσα ἐγὼ μέμνημαι X.Mem.2.1.21 ; οἱ πατέρες, ὅσα ἄνθρωποι, οὐκ ἀμαθεῖς ἔσονται Pl.R.467c ; ὅσα γε τἀνθρώπεια humanly speaking, Id.Cri. 47a.    b how far, how much, ἴστε γὰρ ὅσσον ἐμοὶ ἀρετῇ περιβάλλετον ἵπποι Il.23.276 ; μαθήσεται ὅσον τό τ' ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δουλεύειν δίχα A. Pr.927 : with Adjs., how, ὅσον or ὅσσον . . μέγ' ὄνειαρ, Hes.Op.41,346 ; ὅσ' ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει Id.Th.582.    2 only so far as, only just, ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν Il.9.354 ; ὅσον ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐς Κρήτην Hdt.4.45 ; φιλοσοφίας, ὅσον παιδείας χάριν, μετέχειν Pl.Grg. 485a, cf. R.403d ; οὐδὲν ἡδέως ποιεῖ γὰρ οὗτος, ἀλλ' ὅσον νόμου χάριν Diph.43.14, cf. Arist.Metaph.1076a27, al. ; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα ὠργίζετο, opp. τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον, Th.8.92 : so, more fully, ὅσον μοῦνον Hdt.2.20, cf. Th.6.105, Pl.R.607a, etc.; or μόνον ὅσον Id.Lg. 778c ; ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ Hdt.2.73, cf. X.An.7.3.20; σιτάρια μικρὰ προσφέρων οἴνου θ' ὅσον ὀσμήν Philem.98.3 ; τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅ. ὅ. στίλην; Ar.V.213 ; ἢ ὅσον ὅσσον στιγμή AP7.472 (Leon.), cf. 5.254 (Paul. Sil.); ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὅ. ὅ. Ev.Luc.5.3 (cod. D, v.l. ὀλίγον); ὅσον· ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον, Hsch.; παρ' ὅσον ἧττον a little less, D.T.631.17 (= παρ' ὀλίγον ἧττον, Sch.) ; οὐδ' ὅσον not even, οὐδ' ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες Call.Epigr.47.9: abs., not the least mite, Id.Ap.37, A.R.2.181,190 ; οὐδέ περ ὅσσον Id.3.519 ; οὐδ' ὅσον ὅσσον Philet.7 ; cf. IV. 5.    3 of size or distance, ὅσον τε about, nearly, ὅσον τ' ὄργυιαν, ὅσον τε πυγούσιον, Od.9.325, 10.517 ; ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ ἥμισυ 13.114, cf. Il.10.351 ; ὅσον τε δέκα στάδια Hdt.9.57; ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεα Id.2.96, cf.78 ; so ὅσονπερ τρία στάδια Id.9.51; in Att. ὅσον alone, ὅσον δύο πλέθρα Th.7.38 ; ὅσον δύ' ἢ τρία στάδια Pl.Phdr.229c ; ὅσον παρασάγγην X.Cyr.3.3.28 ; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον Id.An.7.3.23.    4 with Adjs. of Quality or Degree, mostly with Comp., αἴθ', ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην Il.16.722, cf. 1.186 ; ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι so far as, inasmuch as I am a greater king, 9.160 : and with Sup., γνώσετ'... ὅσον εἰμὶ θεῶν κάρτιστος 8.17, cf. 1.516, etc.: with Advs., ὅσον τάχιστα A.Ch.772, S.Ant.1103, El.1433 ; ὅσον μάλιστα A.Pr. 524 ; ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ. Hdt.1.185.    5 with negs., ὅσον οὐ or ὁσονού just not, all but (cf. IV. 2), Th.1.36,5.59, etc.; ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη almost immediately, E.Hec.141 (anap.), Th.8.96 ; later ὅσον ἤδη Plb.2.4.4, 8.34.8; ὅσον οὔπω E.Ba.1076, Th.4.125,6.34: ὅσον οὐδέπω with fut., presently, in a minute, Nicom.Ar.1.8, Hld.2.31, al.    b οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐσώθησαν not only not... but not even, Th.4.62.    c ὅσον μή so far as not, save or except so far as, καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν φύσιν, ὅσον μὴ ὑβριστής (sic leg.) Pl.Euthd.273a ; ὅσον γ' ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων so far as I can without touching... S.Tr.1214 ; ὅσον μὴ χερσὶ καίνων Id.OT347; ὅσα μή Th.1.111,4.16: sts. with a finite Verb, πείθεσθαι... ὅσον ἂν μὴ ἀνάγκη ᾖ X.Oec.21.4, cf. Pl.Phd. 83a ; cf. ὅ τι 11.    6 ὁσονοῦν, Ion. ὁσονῶν, ever so little, εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶν Hdt.2.22 ; so ἐφ' ὁσονοῦν Thphr.HP6.7.5, Iamb.in Nic. p.14 P.    7 ὅσα and ὅσαπερ, just like ὡς, ὥσπερ, as, X.Cyr.1.5.12, Luc.VH1.24, etc.    V ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ, by how much, freq. with Comp., ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός Hes.Op.40 ; ὅσῳ κρείττω Ar.Fr.488.3 ; ὅσῳ ἂν πλεονάκις εἰσίῃς X.Cyr.1.3.14: with Sup., διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον Hdt.3.82, cf. S.Ant.59, 1050.    2 ὅσῳ with Comp. when folld. by another Comp. with τοσούτῳ, the more... so much the more... X.Cyr.7.5.80 ; ὅ. μᾶλλον πιστεύω, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ Pl.R. 368b : with τοσούτῳ omitted, Ar.Nu.1419, S.OC792 : sts. a Sup. replaces the Comp., ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι... τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα Th.8.84, cf. Lys.7.39 ; ὅσῳ alone, ἑωυτοὺς δὲ γενέσθαι τοσούτῳ... ἀμείνονας, ὅσῳ . . Hdt.6.137, cf. 5.49, 8.13 ; νιν τῶνδε πλεῖστον ᾤκτισα... ὅσῳπερ καὶ φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη S.Tr.313, cf. OC743.    VI ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ' ὅσον, καθ' ὅσον are freq. used much like ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω Id.Ph. 1403 (troch.); ἐφ' ὅσον ἐδύνατο Th.1.4 ; εἰς ὅσον δύνανται Pl.R.607a ; καθ' ὅσον δυνατόν Id.Ti.51b ; ἐφ' ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός as far as he can, IG22.903.11 (ii B.C.); later of Time, ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν as long as .. POxy.899.8 (ii/iii A.D.); ἐφ' ὅσον περιῆσαν as long as they lived, Mitteis Chr.31i23 (ii B.C.).    2 ἐν ὅσῳ while, Ar.Pax943 (lyr.), Th.8.87.    VII no Adv. ὅσως occurs.