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τόσος

tosos

as large, as much

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What it meant

1. τόσος · tosos — Beekes

τόσος [demonstr. pron.] ‘as large, as much’ (IL. epic poet.). 41Ὲ *to-ti> *VAR Epic also τόσσος; in prose only subst. τόσον [n.]. *DIAL Myc. to-so. τράγος 1497 *DER τοσ(σ)οῦτος, τοσ(σ)όσδε ‘id.’ (11., τοσσ-ἥνοςος ‘id.’ (Theoc.), after τῆνος; -atiog ‘id” (A. R, AP), -άκι (Hom., Simon.), τοσάκις (Polyaen.) ‘so many times’, -avtaxics (And, Pl, Arist.). *ETYM From PIE *toti-o-, built on the PIE adverb *toti ‘so many’ … — [Beekes, s.v. τόσος, p. 1547]

2. τόσος · tosos — Chantraine

τόσος : chez Hom. et Hés. τόσος οἱ τόσσος, mycén. toso, cf. Chadwick-Baumbasch 250 {on ne peut décider si l’s est simple ou géminé) ; « aussi grand, aussi nombreux » (Hom., poètes), en prose on a surtout τόσον, ἐκ τόσου, τόσῳ avec le comparatif ; corrélatif de ὅσος ; d’où τοσ(σ)οῦτος, τοσ(σ)όσδε (Hom., ion.-att., mycén. fosode, etc.), cf. τοιοῦτος, -60o8e s.u. τοῖος ; formes plus rares : τοσσῆνος d’après τῆνος … — [Chantraine, s.v. τόσος, p. 1146]

3. τόσος · tosos — Frisk

τόσος, ep. auch τόσσος, demonstr. Pron. ‘so groß, so viel’ (ep. poet. seit Il., ind. Prosa nur Ntr. τόσον); τὰν Κ. to-so. Davon roo(o)Joöτος, τοσ(σ)όσδε "ds.’ (seit Il.; wie τοιοῦτος u.a.; 5. τοῖος), τοσσῆνος ‘ds.’ (Theok., nach τῆνος), -άτιος “ds. (A. R., AP u.a., wie ὑστάτιος u.a.), -dxı (Hom., Simon. u.a.), τοσάκις (Polyaen.) ‘so oft’, -αὐτάκις (And., Pl., Arist.). — Aus *rori-os, Adjektivierung von idg. *toti … — [Frisk, s.v. τόσος, p. 1887]

4. τόσος · tosos — LSJ

so great, so vast, so long, so many, so loud, so much, so very, so great, so many, just so much or just so many, as many

so great, so vast: of Time, so long: of Number, pl., so many: of Sound, so loud: generally of Degree, so much, so very:—freq. answered by the Relat. ὅσος, οὔ τι τόσος γε ὅσος Τελαμώνιος Αἴας Il. 2.528; κακὸν τόσον ὅσσον ἐτύχθη 17.410, cf. Hes. Op. 680: sts. with an Adv. as relat., τόσων . . ὡς . . A. Ag. 866: freq. abs., when it either refers to something already mentioned, so great or so many, Il. 9.546, 21.321, or to a well-known magnitude, which may be great or small, acc. to the context, jus

2

rarely poet. for ὅσος, Pi. N. 4.5, B. 15.11, Call. Ap. 94.

II so much, so far, so very, so, so very, so many, so, so many

in Hom. τόσον and τόσσον are common as Adv. with Verbs and Adverbs, so much, so far, so very; with a relat., τόσσον . . , ὅσον Il. 3.12, cf. 6.450, al.; τόσσον . . , ὡς . . 22.424; τόσον . . , ὡς ὅτε . . 4.130: freq. abs., λίην τ. so very, Od. 4.371, 15.405; τόσσον πολλόν so very far, Il. 20.178; τ. πλέες so many more, 2.129; τ. φέρτερος Od. 21.372; τόσσον . . πεπείρημαι Hes. Op. 660; δὶς τόσσον . . ἀπῆμεν Od. 9.491, cf. A. Ag. 140 (lyr.), Eu. 896, etc.: in Prose, τόσον νυνὶ φρόνει . . ὅσονπερ τ

2 ever since (that), in the meantime

ἐκ τόσου ever since (that), always of Time, freq. in Hdt., as 5.88, 6.84, cf. Pl. Lg. 642e; ἀπολήμψῃ ἐν τόσῳ in the meantime, POxy. 298.17 (i A. D.).

3 so far

ἐς τόσον so far, ὁκόταν ἐς τ. προΐωσι τοῦ χρόνου . . , πρότερον ἢ ἐς τ. ἀφικέσθαι Hp. Mul. 2.133; εἰς τόσον ἔδεισαν IG 12(3).174.28 (Cnidus, i B.C., Epist. Augusti); ἐπὶ τόσσον A.R. 3.1146.

4

ὅσῳ μᾶλλον . . , τόσῳ . . , with a Comp., Th. 4.28; ὅσῳ ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον . . , τόσῳ ἐχυρώτερον . . Id. 8.24, cf. Pl. Lg. 665e, etc.; ὅσῳπερ . . , τόσῳ . . ib. 902e; ὅσῳ . . , τόσῳ δὲ . . (Hertlein for τοσῷδε) Th. 1.37.

5 only

τόσον only, Opp. C. 2.183; so τόσσον PSI 9.1030.16 (ii A.D.). (Cf.Lat. tantum.)

III

rarely as regul. Adv. τόσως, δὶς τ. ἐμὲ κτείνας ἀδελφῆς E. El. 1092, cf. Med. 1194.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τόσος (scan pp. 1547-1548; entry #6122).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τόσος (scan p. 1146; entry #8077).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τόσος (scan p. 1887; entry #5716).

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