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|etymtx=Grammatical information: interr. pron.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">how great?, how much?, how many?</b>.<br />Other forms: Ion. (Hdt.) <b class="b3">κόσος</b>.<br />Compounds: ep. <b class="b3">ποσσ-ῆμαρ</b> <b class="b2">in how many days?</b> (Ω 657; s. on <b class="b3">ἦμαρ</b> w. lit.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ποσό-της</b> f. [[quantity]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">ποσ-ώδης</b> [[quantitative]] (Arist.-comm.), <b class="b3">-ίνδα</b> playing adv. (X.; Schwyzer 627), <b class="b3">-άκι(ς</b>) <b class="b2">how often?</b> (Pl., Call.), <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">to calculate the quantity, to count up</b> (Thphr.); also <b class="b3">πόστος</b> <b class="b2">which in the order?</b> (ω 288, Att.) dissimil. from <b class="b3">*ποσ(σ)ο-στός</b> with acc. after <b class="b3">πόσος</b>; from this <b class="b3">ποστ-αῖος</b> <b class="b2">on what day?</b> (X.), after <b class="b3">δευτερ-αῖος</b> etc. -- Indef. <b class="b3">ποσός</b> (Att., hell.), <b class="b3">ποστός</b> (late).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [644] <b class="b2">*kʷoti-</b> [[how much]] etc.<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">*πότι̯-ος</b>, adjective from IE <b class="b2">*kʷóti</b> in Skt. <b class="b2">káti</b>, Lat. [[quot]] a.o. <b class="b2">how many?</b>; further s. [[πόθεν]] and <b class="b3">τόσος</b>.