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|Definition=Ion. [[κόσος]], η, ον, interrog. Adj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> of what quantity?<br><span class="bld">1</span> of Number, how many? κόσοι τινές εἰσι οἱ Αακεδαιμόνιοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.234; π. καὶ ποῖα..; [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.4.7; π. χρήματα; Id.''Cyr.''3.1.35; π. ἄττα δὴ ὑποδήματα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1133a21: with sg. Nouns, how great? how much? π. πλῆθος νεῶν; A.''Pers.''334; π. τις ἀριθμός; Pl.''Tht.''198c; π. χρυσίον; X.''An.''7.8.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of Distance, how far? πόσον ἄπεστιν ἐνθένδε τὸ στράτευμα; Id.''Cyr.''6.3.10; <b class="b3">π. τις ὁδὸς εἴη</b> ib.4.6.10; μέχρι πόσου; Anon. ap. Gell. 1.3.9, cf. E.''Fr.''953.32.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of [[time]], how long? π. τινὰ χρόνον; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''558, etc.; π. χρόνου;πότε; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''83.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of Value, how much? πόσον δίδως; Id.''Pax'' 1262; πόσου; at what price? Id.''Ach.''812,898, Pl.''Ap.''20b, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πόσῳ</b>; ib.41a, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.1.43; <b class="b3">ἐκ πόσου</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὁπόσου]] in D.50.30.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of Degree, how great? πόθος; πόσος τις; Ar.''Ra.''55; πόσης γέμει σωφροσύνης; [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 216d: neut. Adv. πόσον; πόσα; to what amount? Ar.''Ec.''399, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.2.<br><span class="bld">8</span><br><span class="bld">II</span> ποσός, ή, όν, indef. Adj. [[of a certain quantity]] or [[magnitude]], Gorg.''Fr.''3D., Pl.''Sph.''245d, etc.; ποσὰ τῶν περιφερῶν a certain number of.., Epicur.''Ep.''2p.50U.; ἐπὶ ποσόν [[for a certain time]], Plb.2.34.15, etc.; οὐδ' ἐπὶ π. Id.1.1.2; <b class="b3">κατὰ ποσόν</b> to [[a certain extent]], Vett.Val. 81.22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ποσόν]], τό, = [[ποσότης]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 24c, 24d, Arist.''Cat.''4b20, ''Metaph.''1020a7, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ ποσόν</b> in point of [[quantity]], Id.''EN''1158b31.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ποσῶς]] Corn.''ND''34, Ruf.''Oss.''18, Sor.''Fract.''2, Vett.Val.238.24, S.E.''P.''1.120, 227. (I.-E. qu̯oty-os, cf.Lat. [[quot]], Skt. káti 'how many?')