ἄσσα

English (LSJ)

Ion. for ἅτινα, neut. pl. of ὅστις, Il.10.208, al., Hdt.1.47, al.; Att. ἅττα Pl.Com.49, etc. II ἄσσα, Ion. for τινά, Att. ἄττα, something, some, Hom. only once, ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα what sort, Od.19.218; πόσ' ἄττα; Ar.Ra.173; δείν' ἄ. ib.925; οἷ' ἄττα βαΰζει Cratin. 6, etc.: with numerals, δύ' ἄττα ὀνόματα, τρία ἄττα γένη, Pl.Sph.255c, Ly.216d: added to a temporal Conj., πηνίκ' ἄττα . . ; Ar.Av.1514, etc. (ἄσσα (ἄττα) arises from false division of groups like ὁποῖά σσα where σσα = τι-α, neut. pl. of τις, cf. Megarian σά.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 374] att. ἄττα, = τινά, Hom. nur ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα Od. 19, 218, was wohl für welche? – ἅσσα, att, ἅττα, = ἅτινα, Hom. Iliad. 1, 554. 9, 367. 10, 208. 409. 20, 127 Od. 5, 188. 7, 197. 11, 74; Her. 1, 47.