ἄσσα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. for [[ἅτινα]], neut. pl. of [[ὅστις]], <span class="bibl">Il.10.208</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.47</span>, al.; Att. ἅττα <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.49</span>, etc. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> ἄσσα, Ion. for [[τινά]], Att. ἄττα, [[something]], [[some]], Hom. only once, ὁπποῖ' ἄσσα [[what sort]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.218</span>; πόσ' ἄττα; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>173</span>; <b class="b3">δείν' ἄ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">925</span>; οἷ' ἄττα βαΰζει <span class="bibl">Cratin. 6</span>, etc.: with numerals, <b class="b3">δύ' ἄττα ὀνόματα, τρία ἄττα γένη</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>255c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ly.</span>216d</span>: added to a temporal Conj., πηνίκ' ἄττα . . ; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1514</span>, etc. ([[ἄσσα]] (ἄττα) arises from false division of groups like [[ὁποῖά σσα]] where σσα = [[τι-α]], neut. pl. of τις, cf. Megarian [[σά]].) </span>