ὁπόσος
ὁπόσος
ὁπόσος, η, ον
correlat. to πόσος,
like ὅσος, of Number, as many as, Lat. quot, quotquot, Hom., etc.; ὁπόσαι ψάμαθοι κλονέονται, καθορᾶς Pind.; πᾶσι θεοῖς, ὁπόσοι τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν Aesch.; τοσαῦτα, ὁπόσα σοι φίλον Plat.; ὁπόσους πλείστους ἐδυνάμην Xen.:—in Prose ὁπόσος ἄν with subj., ὁπόσοις ἂν δοκῇ Thuc.
of Quantity, as much as, of Size or Space, as great as, Lat. quantus, ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε as far as it spread, Il.
with indefin. Particles added, ὁποσοσοῦν, how great or much soever, Lat. quantuscunque, Thuc.; Ion. dat. pl. fem. ὁκοσῃσιῶν, Hdt.;—so, ὁποσῳδήποτε Dem.
in indirect questions, ἠρώτων τὸ στράτευμα, ὁπόσον εἴη Xen.