ὁπόσος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὁππόσος (hoppósos), ὁπόσσος (hopóssos) – Epic
• ὁκόσος (hokósos) – Ionic
• ὁπόττος (hopóttos) – Cretan, Boeotian

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.pó.sos/ → /oˈpo.sos/ → /oˈpo.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.pó.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈpo.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpo.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpo.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpo.sos/

Determiner

ὁπόσος • (hopósos)

1. as many as
2. as much as, as big as

Declension

First and second declension of ὁπόσος; ὁπόση; ὁπόσον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁπόσος hopósos	ὁπόση hopósē	ὁπόσον hopóson		ὁπόσω hopósō	ὁπόσᾱ hopósā	ὁπόσω hopósō		ὁπόσοι hopósoi	ὁπόσαι hopósai	ὁπόσᾰ hopósa
Genitive		ὁπόσου hopósou	ὁπόσης hopósēs	ὁπόσου hopósou		ὁπόσοιν hopósoin	ὁπόσαιν hopósain	ὁπόσοιν hopósoin		ὁπόσων hopósōn	ὁπόσων hopósōn	ὁπόσων hopósōn
Dative		ὁπόσῳ hopósōi	ὁπόσῃ hopósēi	ὁπόσῳ hopósōi		ὁπόσοιν hopósoin	ὁπόσαιν hopósain	ὁπόσοιν hopósoin		ὁπόσοις hopósois	ὁπόσαις hopósais	ὁπόσοις hopósois
Accusative		ὁπόσον hopóson	ὁπόσην hopósēn	ὁπόσον hopóson		ὁπόσω hopósō	ὁπόσᾱ hopósā	ὁπόσω hopósō		ὁπόσους hopósous	ὁπόσᾱς hopósās	ὁπόσᾰ hopósa
Vocative		ὁπόσε hopóse	ὁπόση hopósē	ὁπόσον hopóson		ὁπόσω hopósō	ὁπόσᾱ hopósā	ὁπόσω hopósō		ὁπόσοι hopósoi	ὁπόσαι hopósai	ὁπόσᾰ hopósa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁπόσως hopósōs				ὁποσώτερος hoposṓteros				ὁποσώτᾰτος hoposṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁποσοσοῦν (hopososoûn)

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα		ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Further reading

• “ὁπόσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὁπόσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὁππόσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ὁπόσος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “ὁπόσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὁπόσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • big idem, page 78.