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. withτόσος(τόσσος),τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος,in senseas,
, cf. D. 21.44 : freq. without antec., τῆς ἦ τοι φωνὴ μὲν ὅση σκύλακος νεογιλῆς
Od. 12.86
, cf. 10.113 , etc.; ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται
Il. 14.371
, cf. 75 , 18.512 ; agreeing with an antec. implied in anAdj.,γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι . .the virtueof all the women, who . . ,
Th. 2.45 , cf. ὅς
B. 1.1
: theSubst.freq. precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause,οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος(about the woe), ὅσσον ὄρωρε
Il. 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(forὅσα) A. Th. 309 (lyr.); joined with οἷος, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε
Il. 24.630
; so ὅσσοι τε καὶ οἵτινες
Od. 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 μόριον
AP 7.740
( Leon. ) : perh. sts. folld. by a partic. for a finite Verb,ὅσοι συμπαρεπόμενοι(s. v. l.) X. Eq. 11.12 , cf. HG 6.1.10 .
2. with a partit. gen. in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοι
Il. 12.13
; ἄριστοι ἵππων, ὅσσοι ἔασιν
5.267
; Περσῶν ὅσοιπερ
A. Pers. 441
;οὔ τις . . ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοίof all the Achaeans, Il. 9.55 ;[τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοιwhich are and which are not . . , Pl. R. 467d ; onτῶν ὅσοι, v. ὁ,ἡ
, τό
A. 111
.
3. of Time,ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη,etc., v. ὁσημέραι.
4. withτις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα . . ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς . . ἔνεστιν
Od. 10.45
; ὅσον τι δένδρον . . γίνεται
Hdt. 1.193
;ὅσον τι ἐστίib. 185 ; ὅσοι τινὲς ἐόντες . .
Id. 7.102
, etc.
5. with acc. of extent,λίμνη . . μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳin sizeas large asthat 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 ὅσοςprodigiously large, Ar. Pl. 750 ; χρήματα θαυμαστὰ ὅσα
Hsch. ;παρ' ὅσον ἧττον a littleless, D.T. 631.17 (=παρ' ὀλίγον ἧττον,Sch.) ;οὐδ' ὅσον not even,
οὐδ' ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες
Call. Epigr. 47.9
: abs.,not the least mite,
Id. Ap. 37 , A.R. 2.181 , 190 ; οὐδέ περ ὅσσον
Id. 3.519
; οὐδ' ὅσον ὅσσον
Philet. 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 στάδια
Hdt. 9.57
; ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεα
Id. 2.96
, cf. 78 ; so ὅσονπερ τρία στάδια
Id. 9.51
; in Att.
ὅσονalone, ὅσον δύο πλέθρα
Th. 7.38
; ὅσον δύ' ἢ τρία στάδια
Pl. Phdr. 229c
; ὅσον παρασάγγην
X. Cyr. 3.3.28
; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον
Id. An. 7.3.23
.
4. with Adjs. of Quality or Degree, mostly with Comp. , αἴθ', ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην
Il. 16.722
, cf. 1.186 ;ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι so far as, inasmuch asI am a greater king, 9.160 : and with Sup. , γνώσετ' . . , ὅσον εἰμὶ θεῶν κάρτιστος
8.17
, cf. 1.516 , etc.: with Advs., ὅσον τάχιστα
A. Ch. 772
, S. Ant. 1103 , El. 1433 ; ὅσον μάλιστα
A. Pr. 524
; ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ.
Hdt. 1.185
.
5. with negs.,ὅσον οὐorὁσονού just not, all but(cf. IV. 2 ), Th. 1.36 , 5.59 , etc.;ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη almostimmediately, E. Hec. 141 (anap.), Th. 8.96 ; later ὅσον ἤδη
Plb. 2.4.4
, 8.34.8 ; ὅσον οὔπω
E. Ba. 1076
, Th. 4.125 , 6.34 :ὅσον οὐδέπωwithfut.,presently, in a minute,
Nicom. Ar. 1.8 , Hld. 2.31 , al.
b.
οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐσώθησαν not only not . . , but not even,
Th. 4.62
.
c. ὅσον μή so far as not, saveorexcept so far as, καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν φύσιν, ὅσον μὴ ὑβριστής(sic leg.) Pl. Euthd. 273a ;ὅσον γ' ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων so far as I canwithout touching . . , S. Tr. 1214 ; ὅσον μὴ χερσὶ καίνων
Id. OT 347
; ὅσα μή
Th. 1.111
, 4.16 : sts. with a finite Verb, πείθεσθαι . . , ὅσον ἂν μὴ ἀνάγκη ᾖ
X. Oec. 21.4
, cf. Pl. Phd. 83a ; cf. ὅ τι
11
.
6. ὁσονοῦν,
Ion.
ὁσονῶν, ever so little,
εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶν
Hdt. 2.22
; so ἐφ' ὁσονοῦν
Thphr. HP 6.7.5
, Iamb. in Nic. p.14 P.
7. ὅσαandὅσαπερ,just like ὡς, ὥσπερ ,as,
X. Cyr. 1.5.12 , Luc. VH 1.24 , etc.
V. ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ, by how much,freq. with Comp. , ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός
Hes. Op. 40
; ὅσῳ κρείττω
Ar. Fr. 488.3
; ὅσῳ ἂν πλεονάκις εἰσίῃς
X. Cyr. 1.3.14
: with Sup. , διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον
Hdt. 3.82
, cf. S. Ant. 59 , 1050 .
2. ὅσῳwith Comp. when folld. by another Comp. withτοσούτῳ, the more . . , so much the more. . , X. Cyr. 7.5.80 ; ὅ. μᾶλλον πιστεύω, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ
Pl. R. 368b
: withτοσούτῳomitted, Ar. Nu. 1419 , S. OC 792 : sts. a Sup. replaces the Comp. , ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι . . , τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα
