ὅσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὅσ’ (hós’) — apocopic
• ὅσσᾰ (hóssa) — Epic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hó.sa/ → /ˈo.sa/ → /ˈo.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hó.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sa/

Adjective

ὅσᾰ • (hósa)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter of ὅσος (hósos)

Adverb

ὅσᾰ • (hósa)

1. as far as
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.21
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 467C
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 47A
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.185
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.111
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.16
2. Synonym of ὡς (hōs)
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.12
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, A True Story 1.24

Derived terms

• ὅσαπερ (hósaper)