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|Definition=Ep. ὅσσος, η, ον, both forms in Hom. and Hes.; <b class="b3">ὅσσος</b> 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"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">as great as, how great</b>; of Quantity, <b class="b2">as much as, how much</b> ; of Space, <b class="b2">as far as, how far</b>; of Time, <b class="b2">as long as, how long</b>; of Number, <b class="b2">as many as, how many</b>; of Sound, <b class="b2">as loud as, how loud</b>: correl. with <b class="b3">τόσος</b> (τόσσος), <b class="b3">τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος</b>, 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>; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον</b> ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην . . <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: sts. with <b class="b3">πᾶς</b> or <b class="b3">ἅπας</b> 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 <b class="b3">ἴσος</b>, 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 sts. it is attracted to the case of the antec., <b class="b3">εὐτραφέστατον πωμάτων ὅσων ἵησιν</b> (for <b class="b3">ὅσα</b>) <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.) : perh. sts. folld. by a partic. for a finite Verb, <b class="b3">ὅσοι συμπαρεπόμενοι</b> (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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Time, <b class="b3">ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη</b>, etc., v. [[ὁσημέραι]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> with acc. of extent, <b class="b3">λίμνη . . μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ</b> in size <b class="b2">as large as</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 numbers, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 <b class="b3">ὅσον τάχος</b> [[as]] quickly <b class="b2">as possible</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> c. inf., <b class="b2">so much as is enough for . .</b>, <b class="b3">ὅσον ἀποζῆν</b> <b class="b2">enough to</b> 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 <b class="b2">as is enough for</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> folld. by Particles: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὅσος δή</b> <b class="b2">of such and such a size</b> or [[number]] (but in Hom. merely strengthd. for <b class="b3">ὅσος</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.487</span>, al.), <b class="b3">κήρυγμα ἐποιήσατο... ζημίην τοῦτον ὀφείλειν, ὅσην δὴ εἴπας</b> naming <b class="b2">such and such an amount</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐπέταξε τοῖσι . . ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας . . κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων</b> ordering <b class="b2">such and such a number</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">159</span> ; <b class="b3">παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή</b> for payment <b class="b2">of a certain amount</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">ὁσοσδηποτοῦν</b>, in pl., <b class="b2">any number whatsoever</b>, <span class="bibl">Euc.9.9</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Agatharch.34</span>; ὁσοσδηοῦν <b class="b2">however large</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὁσοσοῦν</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ῶν</b>, <b class="b2">ever so small</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.199</span> : in pl., <b class="b2">however many</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1265a41</span> ; v. infr. IV. <span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ὅσοσπερ</b>, <b class="b2">precisely as great as</b>, τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] ὅσοσπέρ ἐστι <b class="b2">of its normal size</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.170</span>, etc.: in pl., <b class="b2">as many as</b>, <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 <b class="b3">ὅσοσπερ</b> can freq. hardly be distd. from <b class="b3">ὅσος</b>, v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">5</span>, infr. IV. <span class="bibl">1</span>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Adverbial usages of <b class="b3">ὅσον</b> and <b class="b3">ὅσα</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">so far as, so much as</b>, 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> <b class="b2">so far as</b> to... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1376a34</span> : in parenthesis, c. inf., <b class="b3">ὅσον γέ μ' εἰδέναι</b> <b class="b2">as far as</b> 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> <b class="b2">so far as</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">how far, how much</b>, 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]], <b class="b3">ὅσον</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">only so far as, only just</b>, 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> <b class="b3">ὠργίζετο</b>, 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, v.l. [[ὀλίγον]]); <b class="b3">ὅσον· ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον</b>, Hsch.; <b class="b3">παρ' ὅσον ἧττον</b> <b class="b2">a little</b> less, <span class="bibl">D.T.631.17</span> (= <b class="b3">παρ' ὀλίγον ἧττον</b>, Sch.) ; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ὅσον</b> <b class="b2">not even</b>, οὐδ' ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>47.9</span>: abs., <b class="b2">not the least mite</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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. <b class="b3">ὅσον</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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> <b class="b2">so far as, inasmuch as</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> with negs., <b class="b3">ὅσον οὐ</b> or <b class="b3">ὁσονού</b> <b class="b2">just not, all but</b> (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., <b class="b2">presently, in a minute</b>, <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.2.31</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐσώθησαν <b class="b2">not only not... but not even</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">ὅσον μή</b> <b class="b2">so far as not, save</b> or <b class="b2">except so far as</b>, <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> <b class="b2">so far as I can</b> 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>: sts. 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 <span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ὁσονοῦν</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">ὁσονῶν</b>, <b class="b2">ever so little</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">ὅσα</b> and <b class="b3">ὅσαπερ</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ</b>, <b class="b2">by how much</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὅσῳ</b> with Comp. when folld. by another Comp. with <b class="b3">τοσούτῳ</b>, <b class="b2">the more... so much the more</b>... <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 <b class="b3">τοσούτῳ</b> omitted, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1419</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>792</span> : sts. 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> ; <b class="b3">ὅσῳ</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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> <b class="b2">as far as</b> he can, <span class="title">IG</span>22.903.11 (ii B.C.); later of Time, ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν <b class="b2">as long as .</b>. POxy.899.8 (ii/iii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐφ' ὅσον περιῆσαν</b> <b class="b2">as long as</b> they lived, Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>31i23 (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> no Adv. <b class="b3">ὅσως</b> occurs.</span>