ὅσος, ὅσσοσ: how great, how much, pl. how many, w. τόσσοσ expressed or implied as antec., (as great) as, (as much) as, pl. (as many) as (quantus, quot); very often the appropriate form of πᾶσ precedes (or is implied) as antecedent, Τρώων ὅσσοι ἄριστοι, all the bravest of the Trojans, Il. 12.13, Il. 2.125, Od. 11.388, etc.—Neut. as adv., ὅσον, ὅσσον, ὅσον ἔπι, ὅσσον τ' ἔπι, as far as, Il. 2.616, Il. 23.251 ; ὅσον ἐς Σκαιᾶ̀ς πύλᾶσ, only as far as, Il. 9.354; so ὅσον τε, about, Od. 9.322; w. comp. and sup., by how much, how far, Il. 9.160, Il. 1.516.
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. ὄζοσGDI5090 (Lyttos), al., and ὄττοσ ib.5000 (Gortyn): Relat. and indirect interrog. Adj.:— 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
: 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 ἦ 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; ὦ 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. 2. with a partit. gen. in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοιIl. 12.13; ἄριστοι ἵππων, ὅσσοι ἔασιν 5.267; Περσῶν ὅσοιπερA.Pers.441; οὔ τις ..ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοί of all the Achaeans, Il.9.55; [τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοι which are and which are not .., Pl.R.467d; on τῶν ὅσοι, v. ὁ, ἡ, τόA. 111. 3. of Time, ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη, etc., v. ὁσημέραι.4. with τισ, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα ..ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς ..ἔνεστινOd.10.45; ὅσον τι δένδρον ..γίνεταιHdt.1.193; ὅσον τι ἐστί ib.185; ὅσοι τινὲς ἐόντες ..Id.7.102, etc. 5. with acc. of extent, λίμνη ..μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ in size
as large as
that in Delos, Id.2.170, cf. 175, Pl.R.423b. 6. with Adjs. expressing Quantity, etc., both words being put in the same case, [πίθηκοι] ἄφθονοι ὅσοι ..γίνονται, i. e. in amazing numbers, Hdt.4.194; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσοσ prodigiously large, Ar.Pl.750; χρήματα θαυμαστὰ ὅσαPl.Hp.Ma.282c, cf. Luc.Halc.5, etc.; ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα,Phld.Rh.1.3,91 S., cf. Corn.ND9; ὀλίγους ὅσους τῶν κοφίνωνLuc.Alex.1; ἐτόλμησαν ἐπιφύεσθαι ἡμεῖν πλεῖστοι ὅσοιSIG888.65 (Thrace, iii A. D.); μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσουPl.R.350d; διὰ μυρίων ὅσωνLongin.1.1: freq. in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντεσPl.Tht.150d; θ. ὅσον διαφέρειId.La.184c; ἀμηχάνῳ δὴ ὅσῳ πλείονιId.R.588a; τυτθὸν ὅσσον ἄπωθενTheoc.1.45; βαιὸν ὅσον παραβάσAP12.227 (Strat.). 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. οἷοσ 11.2,3, 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
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: 1.
Id.Ap.37, A.R.2.181,190; οὐδέ περ ὅσσονId.3.519; οὐδ' ὅσον ὅσσονPhilet.7; cf. IV. 5. 3. of size or distance, ὅσον τε
about, nearly,
ὅσον τ' ὄργυιαν, ὅσον τε πυγούσιον,Od.9.325, 10.517; ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ ἥμισυ 13.114, cf. Il.10.351; ὅσον τε δέκα στάδιαHdt.9.57; ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεαId.2.96, cf.78; so ὅσονπερ τρία στάδιαId.9.51; in Att. ὅσον alone, ὅσον δύο πλέθραTh.7.38; ὅσον δύ' ἢ τρία στάδιαPl.Phdr.229c; ὅσον παρασάγγηνX.Cyr.3.3.28; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτονId.An.7.3.23. 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 κάρτιστοσ 8.17, 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.,
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. V.ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ,
by how much,
freq. with Comp., ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντόσHes.Op.40; ὅσῳ κρείττωAr.Fr.488.3; ὅσῳ ἂν πλεονάκις εἰσίῃσX.Cyr.1.3.14: with Sup., διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστονHdt.3.82, cf. S.Ant.59, 1050. 2.ὅσῳ with Comp. when folld. by another Comp. with τοσούτῳ,