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ὅσος , Ep. ὅσσος , η, ον, both forms in Hom. and Hes.; ὅσσος also in A.Pers.864 (lyr.); and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb., Alc.Oxy.1788 Fr.15 ii 18 (ὄσσος), Arg., IG4.748.5 (Troezen, iv B. C.), Thess., ib. 9(2).517.19, al.; Central Cret. ὄζος GDI5090 (Lyttos), al., and ὄττος ib.5000 (Gortyn): Relat. and indirect interrog. Adj.:—of Size,
A.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: correl. with τόσος (τόσσος), τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος, in sense as,τόσσον χρόνον ὅσσον ἄνωγαςIl.24.670, cf. Od.19.169; “τόσονδ᾽, ὅσον . . S.El.286; τοσοῦτονὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην . . D.4.35: sts. with πᾶς or ἅπας as antec., “χῶρον ἅπαντα ὅσσον . . Il.23.190; “ἐκ πασέων, ὅσσαι . . Od.4.723; “πάντα μάλ᾽ ὅσσα . . Il.22.115 ; “τοὺς πάντας . . , ὅσοι . . A.Pr.976, etc.; also “ὅσων . . ψαύοιμι, πάντων τῶνδ᾽ ἀεὶ μετειχέτηνS.OT1464: with ἴσος, just so much as,ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖνAr.Ec.174, cf. D.21.44: freq. without antec., “τῆς τοι φωνὴ μὲν ὅση σκύλακος νεογιλῆςOd.12.86, cf. 10.113, etc.; “ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισταιIl.14.371, cf. 75,18.512 ; agreeing with an antec. implied in an Adj., γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι . . the virtue of all the women, who . . , Th.2.45, cf. “ὅςB. 1.1 : the Subst. freq. precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause, οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος (about the woe), “ὅσσον ὄρωρεIl.11.658 ; ὁρᾷς . . τὴν θεῶν ἰσχύν, ὅση [ἐστί]; S.Aj.118 ; Ζεῦ . . , τὸ χρῆμα τῶν κόπων ὅσον! Ar.Ra.1278; τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον: ἀπέραντον! Id.Nu.2: and sts. it is attracted to the case of the antec., εὐτραφέστατον πωμάτων ὅσων ἵησιν (for ὅσα) A.Th.309 (lyr.); joined with “οἷος, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τεIl.24.630 ; so “ὅσσοι τε καὶ οἵτινεςOd.16.236: repeated in the same clause, τὸ δὲ ὅσον μέτρον ὅσοις [μειγνύμενον] the quantities of the first ingredient and the others, Pl.Ti.68b ; “γαίης ὅσσης ὅσσον ἔχει μόριονAP7.740 (Leon.) : perh. sts. folld. by a partic. for a finite Verb, ὅσοι συμπαρεπόμενοι (s. v. l.) X.Eq.11.12, cf. HG6.1.10.
5. with acc. of extent, λίμνη . . μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἐν Δήλῳ in size as large as that in Delos, Id.2.170, cf. 175, Pl.R.423b.
7. with Sup., ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι τῶν πολίων the most they possibly could . . , Hdt.6.44, cf. Th.7.21 ; also ὅσον τάχος as quickly as possible, Ar.Th. 727 (more freq. ὅσον τάχιστα, v. infr. IV. 4); ὅσον σθένος with all possible strength, Theoc.1.42, A.R.2.589.
8. c. inf., so much as is enough for . . , ὅσον ἀποζῆν enough to live off, Th.1.2 ; “ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον . . διελθεῖν τὸ πεδίονX.An.4.1.5; εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν so much as is enough for appearance, S.OT1191 (lyr.), cf. Th.3.49, Pl.R.416e, etc.
II. for ὅτι τοσοῦτος (v. “οἷος11.2,3, “ὅςB. IV. 3), Od.4.75, E.Hel.74, etc.
III. folld. by Particles:
1. ὅσος ἄν (κεν) how great (many) soever, with subj., Il.3.66, etc.
2. ὅσος δή of such and such a size or number (but in Hom. merely strengthd. for ὅσος, Od.15.487, al.), κήρυγμα ἐποιήσατο . . , ζημίην τοῦτον ὀφείλειν, ὅσην δὴ εἴπας naming such and such an amount, Hdt.3.52 ; ἐπέταξε τοῖσι . . ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας . . κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων ordering such and such a number, ib.159 ; παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for payment of a certain amount, Id.1.160 ; “σιτία παρακαταλιπόντες ὅσων δὴ μηνῶνId.4.151 ; so “ὅσος δή κοτεId.1.157; ὁσοσδηποτοῦν, in pl., any number whatsoever, Euc.9.9, al., Agatharch.34; “ὁσοσδηοῦνhowever large, Jul.Or.3.119a ; “ὅσος δή τιςD.H.2.45, 4.60.
3. ὁσοσοῦν, Ion. -ῶν, ever so small, Hdt.1.199 : in pl., however many, Arist.Pol.1265a41 ; v. infr. IV. 6.
4. ὅσοσπερ, precisely as great as,τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] ὅσοσπέρ ἐστιof its normal size, Hdt.4.50, cf. 2.170, etc.: in pl., as many as, Hes.Th.475, A.Pers. 423,441 ; “ἔθνεα πάντα ὅσαπερ ἦγεHdt.4.87 ; “ἅπαντα . . , ὅσαπέρ γ᾽ ἔφασκον, κἄτι πολλῷ πλείοναAr.V.806: but ὅσοσπερ can freq. hardly be distd. from ὅσος, v. supr. 1.2, 5, infr. IV. 1, 3, and 7; and this is still more the case with Ep. ὅσος τε (cf. ὅστε), Od.10.113, al.
IV. Adverbial usages of ὅσον and ὅσα:
2. only so far as, only just,ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανενIl.9.354 ; “ὅσον ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐς ΚρήτηνHdt.4.45 ; “φιλοσοφίας, ὅσον παιδείας χάριν, μετέχεινPl.Grg. 485a, cf. R.403d ; “οὐδὲν ἡδέως ποιεῖ γὰρ οὗτος, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον νόμου χάρινDiph.43.14, cf. Arist.Metaph.1076a27, al. ; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα ὠργίζετο, opp. τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον, Th.8.92 : so, more fully, “ὅσον μοῦνονHdt.2.20, cf. Th.6.105, Pl.R.607a, etc.; or “μόνον ὅσονId.Lg. 778c ; “ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇHdt.2.73, cf. X.An.7.3.20; “σιτάρια μικρὰ προσφέρων οἴνου θ᾽ ὅσον ὀσμήνPhilem.98.3 ; τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν . . στίλην; Ar.V.213 ; “ ὅσον ὅσσον στιγμήAP7.472 (Leon.), cf. 5.254 (Paul. Sil.); “ἐπαναγαγεῖν . .Ev.Luc.5.3 (cod. D, v.l. ὀλίγον); ὅσον: ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον, Hsch.; παρ᾽ ὅσον ἧττον a little less, D.T.631.17 (= παρ᾽ ὀλίγον ἧττον, Sch.) ; οὐδ᾽ ὅσον not even,οὐδ᾽ . ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμεςCall.Epigr.47.9: abs., not the least mite, Id.Ap.37, A.R.2.181,190 ; “οὐδέ περ ὅσσονId.3.519 ; “οὐδ᾽ ὅσον ὅσσονPhilet.7 ; cf. IV. 5.
4. with Adjs. of Quality or Degree, mostly with Comp., “αἴθ᾽, ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴηνIl.16.722, cf. 1.186 ; ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι so far as, inasmuch as I am a greater king, 9.160 : and with Sup., “γνώσετ᾽ . . , ὅσον εἰμὶ θεῶν κάρτιστος8.17, cf. 1.516, etc.: with Advs., “ὅσον τάχισταA.Ch.772, S.Ant.1103, El.1433 ; “ὅσον μάλισταA.Pr. 524 ; “ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ.Hdt.1.185.
5. with negs., ὅσον οὐ or ὁσονού just not, all but (cf. IV. 2), Th.1.36,5.59, etc.; ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη almost immediately, E.Hec.141 (anap.), Th.8.96 ; later “ὅσον ἤδηPlb.2.4.4, 8.34.8; “ὅσον οὔπωE.Ba.1076, Th.4.125,6.34: ὅσον οὐδέπω with fut., presently, in a minute, Nicom.Ar.1.8, Hld.2.31, al.
6. ὁσονοῦν, Ion. ὁσονῶν, ever so little,εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶνHdt.2.22 ; so “ἐφ᾽ ὁσονοῦνThphr.HP6.7.5, Iamb.in Nic. p.14 P.
7. ὅσα and ὅσαπερ, just like ὡς, ὥσπερ, as, X.Cyr.1.5.12, Luc.VH1.24, etc.
VI. ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, καθ᾽ ὅσον are freq. used much like ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω Id.Ph. 1403 (troch.); “ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐδύνατοTh.1.4 ; “εἰς ὅσον δύνανταιPl.R.607a ; “καθ᾽ ὅσον δυνατόνId.Ti.51b ; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός as far as he can, IG22.903.11 (ii B.C.); later of Time, “ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχενas long as . . POxy.899.8 (ii/iii A.D.); ἐφ᾽ ὅσον περιῆσαν as long as they lived, Mitteis Chr.31i23 (ii B.C.).
2.ἐν ὅσῳwhile, Ar.Pax943 (lyr.), Th.8.87.
VII. no Adv. ὅσως occurs.
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