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|Definition=Ep. [[ὅσσος]], η, ον, both forms in Hom. and Hes.; [[ὅσσος]] also in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>864</span> (lyr.); and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb., Alc.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1788 <span class="title">Fr.</span>15 ii 18 (ὄσσος), Arg., <span class="title">IG</span>4.748.5 (Troezen, iv B. C.), Thess., ib. 9(2).517.19, al.; Central Cret. ὄζος <span class="title">GDI</span>5090 (Lyttos), al., and ὄττος ib.5000 (Gortyn): Relat. and indirect interrog. Adj.:—of Size, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[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 <span class="bibl">Il.24.670</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.19.169</span>; τόσονδ', ὅσον . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>286</span>; [[τοσοῦτον]] ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην . . <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: sometimes with [[πᾶς]] or [[ἅπας]] as antec., χῶρον ἅπαντα ὅσσον . . <span class="bibl">Il.23.190</span>; ἐκ πασέων, ὅσσαι . . <span class="bibl">Od.4.723</span>; πάντα μάλ' ὅσσα . . <span class="bibl">Il.22.115</span>; τοὺς πάντας... ὅσοι . . <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>976</span>, etc.; also ὅσων . . ψαύοιμι, πάντων τῶνδ' ἀεὶ μετειχέτην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1464</span>: with [[ἴσος]], just so much [[as]], ἐμοὶ δ' ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>174</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.21.44</span>: freq. without antec., τῆς ἦ τοι φωνὴ μὲν ὅση σκύλακος νεογιλῆς <span class="bibl">Od.12.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.113</span>, etc.; ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται <span class="bibl">Il.14.371</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">75</span>,<span class="bibl">18.512</span>; agreeing with an antec. implied in an Adj., <b class="b3">γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι . .</b> the virtue <b class="b2">of all the women, who . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.45</span>, cf. [[ὅς]] <span class="bibl">B. 1.1</span> : the Subst. freq. precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause, <b class="b3">οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος</b> (about the woe), ὅσσον ὄρωρε <span class="bibl">Il.11.658</span>; <b class="b3">ὁρᾷς . . τὴν θεῶν ἰσχύν, ὅση [ἐστί]</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>118</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ Ζεῦ... τὸ χρῆμα τῶν κόπων ὅσον</b>! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1278</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον· ἀπέραντον</b>! <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>2</span>: and sometimes it is attracted to the case of the antec., <b class="b3">εὐτραφέστατον πωμάτων ὅσων ἵησιν</b> (for [[ὅσα]]) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>309</span> (lyr.); joined with οἷος, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε <span class="bibl">Il.24.630</span>; so ὅσσοι τε καὶ οἵτινες <span class="bibl">Od.16.236</span>: repeated in the same clause, <b class="b3">τὸ δὲ ὅσον μέτρον ὅσοις [μειγνύμενον]</b> the quantities of the first ingredient and the others, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>68b</span>; γαίης ὅσσης ὅσσον ἔχει μόριον <span class="title">AP</span>7.740 (Leon.) : perhaps sometimes followed by a partic. for a finite Verb, <b class="b3">ὅσοι συμπαρεπόμενοι</b> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>11.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>6.1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with a partit. gen. in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοι <span class="bibl">Il. 12.13</span>; ἄριστοι ἵππων, ὅσσοι ἔασιν <span class="bibl">5.267</span>; Περσῶν ὅσοιπερ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>441</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ τις . . ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοί</b> of all the Achaeans, <span class="bibl">Il.9.55</span>; <b class="b3">[τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοι</b> which are and which are not... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467d</span>; on <b class="b3">τῶν ὅσοι</b>, v. ὁ, ἡ, τό A. 111. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη</b>, etc., v. [[ὁσημέραι]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> with τις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα . . ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς . . ἔνεστιν <span class="bibl">Od.10.45</span>; ὅσον τι δένδρον . . γίνεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.193</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσον τι ἐστί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">185</span>; ὅσοι τινὲς ἐόντες . . <span class="bibl">Id.7.102</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> with acc. of extent, <b class="b3">λίμνη . . μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ</b> in size [[as large as]] that in Delos, <span class="bibl">Id.2.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">175</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>423b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> with Adjs. expressing Quantity, etc., both words being put in the same case, <b class="b3">[πίθηκοι] ἄφθονοι ὅσοι . . γίνονται</b>, i. e. in [[amazing]] [[number]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.194</span>; <b class="b3">ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος</b> prodigiously large, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>750</span>; χρήματα θαυμαστὰ ὅσα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>282c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Halc.</span>5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα</b>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.3,91 S., cf. <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>9</span>; ὀλίγους ὅσους τῶν κοφίνων <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Alex.</span>1</span>; ἐτόλμησαν ἐπιφύεσθαι ἡμεῖν πλεῖστοι ὅσοι <span class="title">SIG</span>888.65 (Thrace, iii A. D.); μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>350d</span>; διὰ μυρίων ὅσων Longin.1.1: freq. in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>150d</span>; θ. ὅσον διαφέρει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>184c</span>; ἀμηχάνῳ δὴ ὅσῳ πλείονι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>588a</span>; τυτθὸν ὅσσον ἄπωθεν <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.45</span>; βαιὸν ὅσον παραβάς <span class="title">AP</span>12.227 (Strat.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> with Sup., <b class="b3">ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι τῶν πολίων</b> the most they possibly could... <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.21</span>; also [[ὅσον τάχος]] = [[as quickly as possible]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span> 727</span> (more freq. <b class="b3">ὅσον τάχιστα</b>, v. infr. IV. <span class="bibl">4</span>); <b class="b3">ὅσον σθένος</b> with all possible strength, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.42</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.589</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> c. inf., [[so much as is enough for]] . ., <b class="b3">ὅσον ἀποζῆν</b> [[enough]] to [[live]] off, <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>; ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον . . διελθεῖν τὸ πεδίον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.5</span>; <b class="b3">εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν</b> so much [[as is enough for]] [[appearance]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1191</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>416e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> for <b class="b3">ὅτι τοσοῦτος</b> (v. οἷος <span class="bibl">11.2</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span>, ὅς B. IV. 3), <span class="bibl">Od.4.75</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>74</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> followed by Particles: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ὅσος ἄν</b> (κεν) <b class="b2">how great (many) soever</b>, with subj., <span class="bibl">Il.3.66</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὅσος δή</b> [[of such and such a size]] or [[of such and such a number]] (but in Hom. merely strengthened for [[ὅσος]], <span class="bibl">Od.15.487</span>, al.), <b class="b3">κήρυγμα ἐποιήσατο... ζημίην τοῦτον ὀφείλειν, ὅσην δὴ εἴπας</b> naming [[such and such an amount]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπέταξε τοῖσι . . ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας . . κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων</b> ordering [[such and such a number]], ib.<span class="bibl">159</span>; <b class="b3">παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή</b> for payment [[of a certain amount]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.160</span>; σιτία παρακαταλιπόντες ὅσων δὴ μηνῶν <span class="bibl">Id.4.151</span>; so ὅσος δή κοτε <span class="bibl">Id.1.157</span>; [[ὁσοσδηποτοῦν]], in plural, [[any number whatsoever]], <span class="bibl">Euc.9.9</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Agatharch.34</span>; ὁσοσδηοῦν [[however large]], <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.119a</span>; ὅσος δή τις <span class="bibl">D.H.2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">4.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὁσοσοῦν]], Ion. <b class="b3">-ῶν</b>, [[ever so small]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.199</span> : in plural, [[however many]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1265a41</span>; v. infr. IV. <span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[ὅσοσπερ]], [[precisely as great as]], τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] [[ὅσοσπέρ]] ἐστι [[of its normal size]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.170</span>, etc.: in plural, [[as many as]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>475</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 423</span>,<span class="bibl">441</span>; ἔθνεα πάντα ὅσαπερ ἦγε <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.87</span>; ἅπαντα... ὅσαπέρ γ' ἔφασκον, κἄτι πολλῷ πλείονα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>806</span>: but [[ὅσοσπερ]] can freq. hardly be distinguished from [[ὅσος]], v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">5</span>, infr. IV. ''1'', <span class="bibl">3</span>, and <span class="bibl">7</span>; and this is still more the case with Ep. <b class="b3">ὅσος τε</b> (cf. [[ὅστε]]), <span class="bibl">Od.10.113</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adverbial usages of [[ὅσον]] and [[ὅσα]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[so far as]], [[so much as]], οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι <span class="bibl">Il.21.371</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ὅσον αὔξειν ἢ καθαιρεῖν</b> [[so far as]] to... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1376a34</span> : in parenthesis, c. inf., <b class="b3">ὅσον γέ μ' εἰδέναι</b> [[as far as]] I know, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1252</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.2.59</span>; so <b class="b3">μακραίων γ', ὅσ' ἀπεικάσαι</b> cj. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 152</span> (lyr.); ὅσον ἐς Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ Λατίνης μεταβαλεῖν <span class="bibl">App. <span class="title">BC</span>4.11</span> : but more freq. c. ind., ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω <span class="bibl">Il.13.222</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.360</span>; so ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>946</span>; ὅσα γε . . ἦν εἰκάσαι <span class="bibl">Th.8.46</span>; ὅσον δυνατόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>196d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὅσον καθ' ἕν' ἄνδρα</b> [[so far as]] was in one man's [[power]], <span class="bibl">D.18.153</span>; ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1509</span>: c. gen., ὅσον γε δυνάμεως παρ' ἐμοί ἐστι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>422c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1239</span>; also ὅσα ἐγὼ μέμνημαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>; οἱ πατέρες, ὅσα ἄνθρωποι, οὐκ ἀμαθεῖς ἔσονται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467c</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσα γε τἀνθρώπεια</b> [[humanly]] [[speaking]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span> 47a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[how far]], [[how much]], ἴστε γὰρ ὅσσον ἐμοὶ ἀρετῇ περιβάλλετον ἵπποι <span class="bibl">Il.23.276</span>; μαθήσεται ὅσον τό τ' [[ἄρχειν]] καὶ τὸ [[δουλεύειν]] [[δίχα]] <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>927</span> : with Adjs., [[how]], [[ὅσον]] or <b class="b3">ὅσσον . . μέγ' ὄνειαρ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>41</span>,<span class="bibl">346</span>; ὅσ' ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>582</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[only so far as]], [[only just]], ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν <span class="bibl">Il.9.354</span>; ὅσον ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐς Κρήτην <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.45</span>; φιλοσοφίας, ὅσον παιδείας χάριν, μετέχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 485a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>403d</span>; οὐδὲν ἡδέως ποιεῖ γὰρ οὗτος, ἀλλ' ὅσον νόμου χάριν <span class="bibl">Diph.43.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1076a27</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα</b> [[ὠργίζετο]], opp. <b class="b3">τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span> : so, more fully, ὅσον μοῦνον <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.6.105</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>607a</span>, etc.; or μόνον ὅσον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 778c</span>; ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.20</span>; σιτάρια μικρὰ προσφέρων οἴνου θ' ὅσον ὀσμήν <span class="bibl">Philem.98.3</span>; <b class="b3">τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅ. ὅ. στίλην</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>213</span>; ἢ ὅσον ὅσσον στιγμή <span class="title">AP</span>7.472 (Leon.), cf. <span class="bibl">5.254</span> (Paul. Sil.); ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὅ. ὅ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>5.3</span> (cod. D, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὀλίγον]]); <b class="b3">ὅσον· ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον</b>, Hsch.; <b class="b3">παρ' ὅσον ἧττον</b> [[a little]] less, <span class="bibl">D.T.631.17</span> (= <b class="b3">παρ' ὀλίγον ἧττον</b>, Sch.); <b class="b3">οὐδ' ὅσον</b> [[not even]], οὐδ' ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>47.9</span>: abs., [[not the least mite]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.181</span>,<span class="bibl">190</span>; οὐδέ περ ὅσσον <span class="bibl">Id.3.519</span>; οὐδ' ὅσον ὅσσον Philet.7; cf. IV. 5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of size or distance, <b class="b3">ὅσον τε</b> [[about]], [[nearly]], <b class="b3">ὅσον τ' ὄργυιαν, ὅσον τε πυγούσιον</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.325</span>, <span class="bibl">10.517</span>; ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ ἥμισυ <span class="bibl">13.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.10.351</span>; ὅσον τε δέκα στάδια <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.57</span>; ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεα <span class="bibl">Id.2.96</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">78</span>; so ὅσονπερ τρία στάδια <span class="bibl">Id.9.51</span>; in Att. [[ὅσον]] alone, ὅσον δύο πλέθρα <span class="bibl">Th.7.38</span>; ὅσον δύ' ἢ τρία στάδια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>229c</span>; ὅσον παρασάγγην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.28</span>; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> with Adjs. of Quality or Degree, mostly with Comp., αἴθ', ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην <span class="bibl">Il.16.722</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.186</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι</b> [[so far as]], [[inasmuch as]] I am a [[greater]] [[king]], <span class="bibl">9.160</span> : and with Sup., γνώσετ'... ὅσον εἰμὶ θεῶν κάρτιστος <span class="bibl">8.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.516</span>, etc.: with Advs., ὅσον τάχιστα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>772</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1103</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1433</span>; ὅσον μάλιστα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 524</span>; ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.185</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> with negs., <b class="b3">ὅσον οὐ</b> or [[ὁσονού]] [[just not]], [[all but]] (cf. IV. <span class="bibl">2</span>), <span class="bibl">Th.1.36</span>,<span class="bibl">5.59</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη</b> [[almost]] [[immediately]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>141</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Th.8.96</span>; later ὅσον ἤδη <span class="bibl">Plb.2.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">8.34.8</span>; ὅσον οὔπω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1076</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.125</span>,<span class="bibl">6.34</span>: <b class="b3">ὅσον οὐδέπω</b> with fut., [[presently]], [[in a minute]], <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.2.31</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐσώθησαν [[not only not]]... [[but not even]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">ὅσον μή</b> [[so far as not]], [[save]] or [[except so far as]], <b class="b3">καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν φύσιν, ὅσον μὴ ὑβριστής</b> (sic leg.) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>273a</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσον γ' ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων</b> [[so far as I can]] without [[touching]]... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1214</span>; ὅσον μὴ χερσὶ καίνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>347</span>; ὅσα μή <span class="bibl">Th.1.111</span>,<span class="bibl">4.16</span>: sometimes with a finite Verb, πείθεσθαι... ὅσον ἂν μὴ ἀνάγκη ᾖ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>21.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 83a</span>; cf. [[ὅ]] τι ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[ὁσονοῦν]], Ion. [[ὁσονῶν]], [[ever so little]], εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.22</span>; so ἐφ' ὁσονοῦν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.7.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span> p.14</span> P. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[ὅσα]] and [[ὅσαπερ]], just like [[ὡς, ὥσπερ]], [[as]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.5.12</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.24, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[ὅσῳ]], [[ὅσῳπερ]], [[by how much]], freq. with Comp., ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>40</span>; ὅσῳ κρείττω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>488.3</span>; ὅσῳ ἂν πλεονάκις εἰσίῃς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.14</span>: with Sup., διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>59</span>, <span class="bibl">1050</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ὅσῳ]] with Comp. when followed by another Comp. with [[τοσούτῳ]], [[the more]]... [[so much the more]]... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.80</span>; ὅ. μᾶλλον πιστεύω, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 368b</span> : with [[τοσούτῳ]] omitted, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1419</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>792</span> : sometimes a Sup. replaces the Comp., ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι... τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα <span class="bibl">Th.8.84</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.7.39</span>; [[ὅσῳ]] alone, <b class="b3">ἑωυτοὺς δὲ γενέσθαι τοσούτῳ... ἀμείνονας, ὅσῳ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.49</span>, <span class="bibl">8.13</span>; νιν τῶνδε πλεῖστον ᾤκτισα... ὅσῳπερ καὶ φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>313</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>743</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b3">ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ' ὅσον, καθ' ὅσον</b> are freq. used much like [[ὅσον]], εἰς ὅσον σθένω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 1403</span> (troch.); ἐφ' ὅσον ἐδύνατο <span class="bibl">Th.1.4</span>; εἰς ὅσον δύνανται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>607a</span>; καθ' ὅσον δυνατόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>51b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός</b> [[as far as he can]], <span class="title">IG</span>22.903.11 (ii B.C.); later of [[time]], ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν [[as long as]] .. POxy.899.8 (ii/iii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὅσον περιῆσαν</b> [[as long as]] they lived, Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>31i23 (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> ἐν ὅσῳ [[while]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>943</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.8.87</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> no Adv. [[ὅσως]] occurs.</span>