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 ἄνωγας Il. 24.670 , cf. Od. 19.169 ; τόσονδ’, ὅσον .. S. El. 286 ; τοσοῦτον ὄχλον 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 μετειχέτην S. OT 1464 : with ἴσος, just so much as, ἐμοὶ δ’ ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν Ar. Ec. 174 , 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 an Adj., γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι .. the virtue of all the women, who .. , Th. 2.45 , cf. ὅς B. 1.1 : the Subst. 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 (for ὅσα) 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 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 , τό A. 111 .

3). of Time, ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη, etc., v. ὁσημέραι.

4). with τις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα .. ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς .. ἔνεστιν Od. 10.45 ; ὅσον τι δένδρον .. γίνεται Hdt. 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 ὅσα Pl. Hp.Ma. 282c , cf. Luc. Halc. 5 , etc.; ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα, Phld. Rh. 1.3 , 91 S., cf. Corn. ND 9 ; ὀλίγους ὅσους τῶν κοφίνων Luc. Alex. 1 ; ἐτόλμησαν ἐπιφύεσθαι ἡμεῖν πλεῖστοι ὅσοι SIG 888.65 (Thrace, iii A. D.); μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσου Pl. R. 350d ; διὰ μυρίων ὅσων Longin. 1.1 : freq. in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντες Pl. Tht. 150d ; θ. ὅσον διαφέρει Id. La. 184c ; ἀμηχάνῳ δὴ ὅσῳ πλείονι Id. R. 588a ; τυτθὸν ὅσσον ἄπωθεν Theoc. 1.45 ; βαιὸν ὅσον παραβάς AP 12.227 ( 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 πεδίον X. An. 4.1.5 ; εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν so much as is enough for appearance, S. OT 1191 (lyr.), cf. Th. 3.49 , Pl. R. 416e , etc.

II). for ὅτι τοσοῦτος (v. οἷος 11.2 , 3 , ὅς B. 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 μηνῶν Id. 4.151 ; so ὅσος δή κοτε Id. 1.157 ; ὁσοσδηποτοῦν, in pl., any number whatsoever, Euc. 9.9 , al., Agatharch. 34 ; ὁσοσδηοῦν however large, Jul. Or. 3.119a ; ὅσος δή τις D.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 ἐστι of 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 ἦγε Hdt. 4.87 ; ἅπαντα .. , ὅσαπέρ γ’ ἔφασκον, κἄτι πολλῷ πλείονα Ar. 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). so far as, so much as, οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι Il. 21.371 : c. inf., ὅσον αὔξειν ἢ καθαιρεῖν so far as to .. , Arist. Rh. 1376a34 : in parenthesis, c. inf., ὅσον γέ μ’ εἰδέναι as far as I know, Ar. Nu. 1252 , Pl. Tht. 145a , cf. D.H. 2.59 ; so μακραίων γ’, ὅσ’ ἀπεικάσαι cj. in S. OC 152 (lyr.); ὅσον ἐς Ἑλλάδα γλῶσσαν ἀπὸ Λατίνης μεταβαλεῖν App. BC 4.11 : but more freq. c. ind., ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω Il. 13.222 , cf. 20.360 ; so ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω S. El. 946 ; ὅσα γε .. ἦν εἰκάσαι Th. 8.46 ; ὅσον δυνατόν Pl. Smp. 196d , etc.; ὅσον καθ’ ἕν’ ἄνδρα so far as was in one man's power, D. 18.153 ; ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος S. OT 1509 : c. gen., ὅσον γε δυνάμεως παρ’ ἐμοί ἐστι Pl. Cra. 422c , cf. S. OT 1239 ; also ὅσα ἐγὼ μέμνημαι X. Mem. 2.1.21 ; οἱ πατέρες, ὅσα ἄνθρωποι, οὐκ ἀμαθεῖς ἔσονται Pl. R. 467c ; ὅσα γε τἀνθρώπεια humanly speaking, Id. Cri. 47a .

b). how far, how much, ἴστε γὰρ ὅσσον ἐμοὶ ἀρετῇ περιβάλλετον ἵπποι Il. 23.276 ; μαθήσεται ὅσον τό τ’ ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δουλεύειν δίχα A. Pr. 927 : with Adjs., how, ὅσον or ὅσσον .. μέγ’ ὄνειαρ, Hes. Op. 41 , 346 ; ὅσ’ ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει Id. Th. 582 .

2). only so far as, only just, ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν Il. 9.354 ; ὅσον ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐς Κρήτην Hdt. 4.45 ; φιλοσοφίας, ὅσον παιδείας χάριν, μετέχειν Pl. Grg. 485a , cf. R. 403d ; οὐδὲν ἡδέως ποιεῖ γὰρ οὗτος, ἀλλ’ ὅσον νόμου χάριν Diph. 43.14 , cf. Arist. Metaph. 1076a27 , al.; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα ὠργίζετο, opp. τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον, Th. 8.92 : so, more fully, ὅσον μοῦνον Hdt. 2.20 , cf. Th. 6.105 , Pl. R. 607a , etc.; or μόνον ὅσον Id. Lg. 778c ; ἐγὼ μέν μιν οὐκ εἶδον εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ Hdt. 2.73 , cf. X. An. 7.3.20 ; σιτάρια μικρὰ προσφέρων οἴνου θ’ ὅσον ὀσμήν Philem. 98.3 ; τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅ. ὅ. στίλην; Ar. V. 213 ; ἢ ὅσον ὅσσον στιγμή AP 7.472 ( Leon.), cf. 5.254 (Paul. Sil.); ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὅ. ὅ. 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’ 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. ὅσον alone, 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 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 τάχιστα A. Ch. 772 , S. Ant. 1103 , El. 1433 ; ὅσον μάλιστα A. 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 ἤδη Plb. 2.4.4 , 8.34.8 ; ὅσον οὔπω E. Ba. 1076 , Th. 4.125 , 6.34 : ὅσον οὐδέπω with fut., 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, save or except 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 can without 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). ὅσα and ὅσαπερ, 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). ὅσῳ with Comp. when folld. by another Comp. with τοσούτῳ, the more .. , so much the more .. , X. Cyr. 7.5.80 ; ὅ. μᾶλλον πιστεύω, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ Pl. R. 368b : with τοσούτῳ omitted, Ar. Nu. 1419 , S. OC 792 : sts. a Sup. replaces the Comp., ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι .. , τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα Th. 8.84 , cf. Lys. 7.39 ; ὅσῳ alone, ἑωυτοὺς δὲ γενέσθαι τοσούτῳ .. , ἀμείνονας, ὅσῳ .. Hdt. 6.137 , cf. 5.49 , 8.13 ; νιν τῶνδε πλεῖστον ᾤκτισα .. , ὅσῳπερ καὶ φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη S. Tr. 313 , cf. OC 743 .

VI). ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ’ ὅσον, καθ’ ὅσον are freq. used much like ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω Id. Ph. 1403 (troch.); ἐφ’ ὅσον ἐδύνατο Th. 1.4 ; εἰς ὅσον δύνανται Pl. R. 607a ; καθ’ ὅσον δυνατόν Id. Ti. 51b ; ἐφ’ ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός as far as he can, IG 22.903.11 (ii B.C.); later of Time, ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν as 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 ὅσῳ while, Ar. Pax 943 (lyr.), Th. 8.87 .

VII). no Adv. ὅσως occurs.