ὁπόσος

I as many, as many as

as Relat., like ὅσος, of Number, as many, as many as . . , ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ Il. 24.7 ; πᾶσι θεοῖς . . , ὁπόσοι τὴν Διὸς αὐλὴν εἰσοιχνεῦσιν A. Pr. 121 (anap.), cf. 411, Th. 927 (both lyr.); τοσαῦτα ὁπόσα σοι φίλον Pl. Lg. 642d ; ὁπόσους πλείστους ἐδυνάμην X. Cyr. 4.5.29, etc. : in Prose freq. ὁ. ἄν with subj., ὁπόσοις ἂν δοκῇ Foed. ap. Th. 4.118, cf. Pl. Sph. 245d, etc.

2 as much as, as great as, as far as, as much as

of Quantity, as much as, of Size or Space, as great as, ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε as far as it spread, Il. 23.238 ; χθόνα . . , ὁπόσαν καὶ φθιμένοισιν κατέχειν as much as is allowed the dead to occupy, A. Th. 732 (lyr.); ὁπόσην τῆς χώρας X. Oec. 4.8 : Adverbial in dat., ὁπόσῳ πλέον . . , τοσούτῳ πλειόνων κτλ. Pl. Lg. 649b.

3 how great, much soever, for however large a price

with indefinite Particles added, ὁποσοσοῦν how great or much soever, Th. 4.37, 6.56, Pl. Sph. 245d : Ion. dat. pl., ὁκόσῃσι ὦν Hdt. 5.20 ; so ὁπόσῳ δήποτε D. 21.39 ; ὁποσοιδηποτοῦν Euc. 9.12, al. ; ὁπόσοσπερ Pl. Lg. 753b, X. Oec. 4.5 ; ὁποσουτινοσοῦν for however large a price, Lys. 22.15.

II how many things, for how much, at what price

in indirect questions, ὄφρα . . εἴπῃς ὁππόσα κήδεʼ ἀνέτλης Od. 14.47 ; ὁπόσαι ψάμαθοι κλονέονται, καθορᾷς Pi. P. 9.46 ; εἰπὲ . . ὁκόσοι τοιοῦτοι [εἰσί] Hdt. 7.234 ; διαλογισώμεθα . . ὁπόσα . . πέφανται how many things he has been found to be, Pl. Sph. 231d ; ἠρώτων τὸ στράτευμα, ὁπόσον εἴη X. An. 4.4.17, cf. Pl. Sis. 388e ; ἤρετο ὁπόσου asked for how much, at what price, Timocl. 11.9.

III

= ὅς, Paus. 9.31.5.