πόσος,
Ionic dialect κόσος, η, ον, interrogative adjective of what quantity?
__1 of Number, how many? κόσοι τινές εἰσι οἱ Αακεδαιμόνιοι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.234; π. καὶ ποῖα..; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.7; π. χρήματ; [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.1.35; π. ἄττα δὴ ὑποδήματα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133a21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with singular Nouns, how great? how much? π. πλῆθος νεῶ; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 334; π. τις ἀριθμό; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 198c; π. χρυσίο; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of Distance, how far? πόσον ἄπεστιν ἐνθένδε τὸ στράτευμ; [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 6.3.10 ] Refs]; π. τις ὁδὸς εἴη[[ [prev. work] 4.6.10; μέχρι πόσο; Anonymus cited in 2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 1.3.9, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of Time, how long? π. τινὰ χρόνο; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 558, etc.; π. χρόνο;πότ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 83. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of Value, how much? πόσον δίδω; [[ [prev. author] “Pax” 1262; πόσο; ] Refs]at what price? [[ [prev. author] “Ach.” 812, 898, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πόσ;[[ [prev. work] 41a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ πόσου is falsa lectio for{ὁπόσου} in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.30. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]