ὅσον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὅσσον (hósson) — Epic

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ὅσον • (hóson)

inflection of ὅσος (hósos):
1. accusative singular masculine
2. nominative/accusative singular neuter

Adverb

ὅσον • (hóson)

so far as, so much as
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.371
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367A.34
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1252
- 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 145A
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.59
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 152
- 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Civil Wars 4.11
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.222
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.360
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 946
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.46
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 196D
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 153
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1509
- 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 422C
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1239
how far, how much
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.276
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 927
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 41
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 346
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 582
only so far as, only just
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.354
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.45
- 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 485A
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 403D
- 342 BCE – 291 BCE, Diphilus, Collected Works 43.14
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1076A.27
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.20
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.105
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 607A
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 778C
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.73
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.20
- 362 BCE – 262 BCE, Philemon, Collected Works 98.3
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 213
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 5:3
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Epigrams 47.9
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 37
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.181
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.190
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.519
- 340 BCE – 285 BCE, Philitas, Collected Works 7
(in reference to distances) about, nearly
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.325
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.517
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.114
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.351
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.57
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.96
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.51
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.38
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 229C
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.28
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.3.23
(with adjectives of quality or degree, mostly with comparative)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.722
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.186
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.160
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.17
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.516
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 772
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1103
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1433
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 524
(with negatives) just not, all but
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.36
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.59
- 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 141
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.96
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.4.4
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 8.34.8
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1076
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.125
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.34
- 60 CE – 120 CE, Nicomachus, Introduction to Arithmetic 1.8
- 200 CE – 400 CE, Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica 2.31

Derived terms

ἐς ὅσον (es hóson)
ἐφ’ ὅσον (eph’ hóson)
καθ’ ὅσον (kath’ hóson)
ὅσον μή (hóson mḗ)
ὁσονοῦν (hosonoûn)
οὐδ’ ὅσον (oud’ hóson)
οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο (oukh hóson ouk ēmúnanto)