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|mdlsjtxt=like Lat.]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[quantus]], of Size, 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]]; in plural as [[many]] as, Lat. [[quot]]:—its [[antecedent]] is [[τόσος]], [[after]] [[which]] [[ὅσος]] is [[simply]] as; τόσσον χρόνον, ὅσσον ἄνωγας so [[long]] [[time]] as thou dost [[order]], Il.:—often the antec. is omitted, φωνὴ ὅση σκύλακος Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> with τις, to [[denote]] [[indefinite]] [[size]] or [[number]], [[ὅσον]] τι [[δένδρον]] Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> with Adjs. expressing Quantity, [[ὄχλος]] ὑπερφυὴς [[ὅσος]] [[prodigiously]] [[large]], Ar.; θαυμαστὸν [[ὅσον]] διαφέρει differs [[amazingly]], Plat.;—so in Lat. mirum [[quantum]], [[immane]] [[quantum]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> with Sup., ὅσα [[πλεῖστα]] the [[most]] [[possible]], Hdt., etc.; v. infr. III. 4.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> c. inf. so [[much]] as is [[enough]], [[ὅσον]] ἀποζῆν [[enough]] to [[live]] off, Thuc.; [[ὅσον]] δοκεῖν [[enough]] for [[appearance]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> with ind., ὅσσον [[ἔγωγε]] [[γιγνώσκω]] so far as I [[know]], Il.; ὅσονπερ [[σθένω]] Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> followed by Particles: [[ὅσος]] ἄν how [[great]] [[soever]], with Subjunct., Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[ὅσος]] δή how [[much]], ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for [[payment]] of a [[certain]] [[amount]], Hdt.:— ὁσοσοῦν, ionic -ῶν, [[ever]] so [[small]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[ὅσον]] and ὅσα as adv.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> so far as, so [[much]] as, οὐ [[μέντοι]] ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι Il.; c. inf., [[ὅσον]] γ' ἔμ' [[εἰδέναι]] so far as I [[know]], Ar.<br />b. how far, how [[much]], [[ἴστε]] ὅσσον περιβάλλετον ἵπποι ye [[know]] how [[much]] they [[excel]], Il.;—with Adjs. how, [[ὅσον]] [[μέγα]] Hes., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> only so far as, only [[just]], [[ὅσον]] ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν Il.; εἰ μὴ [[ὅσον]] γραφῇ [[except]] only by a [[picture]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[reference]] to distances, [[ὅσον]] τε, [[about]], [[nearly]], [[ὅσον]] τ' ὄργυιαν Od.; [[ὅσον]] τε [[δέκα]] στάδια Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> with Adjs., ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι so far as, inasmuch as I am a greater [[king]], Il.; [[ὅσον]] [[εἰμὶ]] [[κάρτιστος]] how I am far the strongest, Il.: —so with Advs., [[ὅσον]] [[τάχιστα]] [[attic]]; [[ὅσον]] [[μάλιστα]] Aesch.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> with negatives, [[ὅσον]] οὐ or ὁσονού, Lat. [[tantum]] non, only not, all but, Thuc.; [[ὅσον]] οὐκ ἤδη [[immediately]], Eur.: οὐχ [[ὅσον]] οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ' not only did they not [[avenge]] [[themselves]], Thuc.:— [[ὅσον]] μή so far as not, [[save]] or [[except]] so far as, [[ὅσον]] γε μὴ ποτιψαύων so far as I can without [[touching]] . . , Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> ὅσῳ, ὅσῳ περ, by how [[much]], ὅσῳ [[πλέον]] Hes.; [[διέδεξε]], ὅσῳ ἐστὶ [[τοῦτο]] [[ἄριστον]] Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ὅσῳ with comp. [[when]] followed by [[another]] comp. with τοσούτῳ, like Lat. quo or [[quanto]] [[melior]], eo [[magis]], ὅσῳ [[μᾶλλον]] [[πιστεύω]], τοσούτῳ [[μᾶλλον]] ἀπορῶ Plat.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> ἐς [[ὅσον]], ἐφ' [[ὅσον]], καθ' [[ὅσον]] are often used [[much]] like [[ὅσον]], εἰς [[ὅσον]] [[σθένω]] Soph.; ἐφ' [[ὅσον]] ἠδύνατο Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἐν ὅσῳ, [[while]], Ar., Thuc.