G3745: ὅσος (hósos)

G3745 ὅσος (hósos)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὅσος, η, ον Corr.pr. how much, how great, how many

Strong's Definition

by reduplication from 3739; as (much, great, long, etc.) as

KJV Usage: all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὅσος (G3745)

prel. | -η, -ον | ὁσάκις

59.7 · Quantity · Many, Few [Countables]

as many as, as much as pertaining to a comparative quantity of objects or events

MAT 14:36 · MAT 21:22 · MAT 22:9 · MAT 23:3 · MRK 3:8 · MRK 3:10 · MRK 5:19 · MRK 5:20 · MRK 6:30 · MRK 6:30 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 10:21 · MRK 11:24 · MRK 12:44 · LUK 4:23 · LUK 4:40 · LUK 8:39 · LUK 8:39 · LUK 9:5 · LUK 9:10 · LUK 11:8 · LUK 12:3 · LUK 18:22 · JHN 1:12 · JHN 4:29 · JHN 4:45 · JHN 10:8 · JHN 10:41 · JHN 11:22 · JHN 17:7 · ACT 2:39 · ACT 3:24 · ACT 4:6 · ACT 4:23 · ACT 4:34 · ACT 5:36 · ACT 5:37 · ACT 9:13 · ACT 9:39 · ACT 10:45 · ACT 13:48 · ACT 14:27 · ACT 15:4 · ACT 15:12 · ROM 2:12 · ROM 2:12 · ROM 3:19 · ROM 6:3 · ROM 8:14 · ROM 15:4 · 2CO 1:20 · GAL 3:10 · GAL 3:27 · GAL 6:12 · GAL 6:16 · PHP 3:15 · PHP 4:8 · PHP 4:8 · PHP 4:8 · PHP 4:8 · PHP 4:8 · PHP 4:8 · COL 2:1 · HEB 2:15 · JUD 1:10 · JUD 1:10 · REV 1:2 · REV 3:19 · REV 13:15 · REV 18:17

59.19 · Quantity · Much, Little [Masses, Collectives, Extensions]

as much as, as long as pertaining to a comparison of a quantity

MAT 7:12 · MAT 13:44 · MAT 13:46 · MAT 17:12 · MAT 18:18 · MAT 18:18 · MAT 18:25 · MAT 25:40 · MAT 25:45 · MAT 28:20 · MRK 3:28 · MRK 9:13 · LUK 18:12 · JHN 6:11 · JHN 11:22 · JHN 16:13 · JHN 16:15 · ACT 3:22 · ACT 4:28 · ACT 9:16 · ROM 7:1 · 2TI 1:18 · HEB 3:3 · REV 21:16

78.52 · Degree · Up To, As Much As, To the Degree That [Marked Extent of Degree]

to the degree that, to the same degree, as much as a degree of correlative extent Expressions involving correspondence of degrees must often be rather considerably restructured. For example, in the first part of REV 18:7 one may translate in some languages ‘she honored herself very much and lived in great luxury, and so give her very much suffering and grief.’ In the case of HEB 1:4, one may translate ‘God gave his Son a name that was more important than the name of the angels; therefore, God’s Son is greater than the angels.’
One may also render this expression in HEB 8:6 as ‘Christ’s ministry is better than the old to the same degree that the covenant he mediates is better.’
In ROM 11:13 ὅσον is strengthened by ἐπί (see 78.51).

MRK 7:36 · ROM 11:13 · HEB 1:4 · HEB 3:3 · HEB 7:20 · HEB 8:6 · HEB 9:27 · HEB 10:25 · REV 2:24 · REV 18:7

67.139 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout

as long as, while an extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time The additon of ἐπί (degree, 78.51) and/or χρόνος (time, 67.78) reinforces this meaning of ὅσος.

MAT 9:15 · MRK 2:19 · 1CO 7:39 · GAL 4:1 · 1TI 6:1 · HEB 10:37 · HEB 10:37 · 2PE 1:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὅσος, -η, -ov, [fr. Hom. down], a relative adj. corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Lat. quantus, -a,-um; used a. of space [as great as]: τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς (Rec. adds τοσοῦτόν ἐστιν) ὅσον καὶ [ἃ Τ' Tr WH om. καί] τὸ πλάτος, Rev. xxi. 16; of time [as long as]: ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χρόνον, for so long time as, so long as, Ro. vii. 1; 1 Co. vii. 39; Gal. iv. 1; also without a prep., ὅσον χρόνον, Mk. ii. 19; neut. ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, as long as, Mt. ix. 15; 2 Pet. i. 13, (Xen. Cyr. 5, 8, 25); ἔτι μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, yet a Little how very, how very, (Vulg. modicum [ali |quantulum), i. e. yet a very little while, Heb. x. 37 (Is. xxvi. 20; of a very little thing, Arstph. vesp. 213; οἵ. Herm. ad Vig. p. 726 no. 93; W. 247 (231) note; B. § 150, 2). b. of abundance and multitude; how many, as many as; how much, as much as: neut. ὅσον, Jn. vi. 11; plur. ὅσοι, as many (men) as, all who, Mt. xiv. 36; Mk. iii. 10; Acts iv. 6, 34; xiii. 48; Ro. ii. 12; vi. 3; Gal. 111: 10,27; Phil. iii. 15; 1 Tim. vi. 1; Rev. ii. 24; ὅσαι ἐπαγγελίαι, 2 Co. i. 20; ὅσα ἱμάτια, Acts ix. 39; neut. plur., absol. [A. V. often whatsocver], Mt. xvii. 12; Mk. x. 21; Lk. xi. 8; xii. 3; Ro. iii. 19; xv. 4; Jude10; Rev.i.2. πάντες ὅσοι, [all as many as], Mt. xxii. 10 [here T WH π. ovs]; Lk. iv. 40; Jn. x. 8; Acts ν. 36 sq.; neut. πάντα ὅσα [all things whatsoever, all that], Mt. xiii. 46 ; xviii. 25; xxviii. 20; Mk. xii. 44; Lk. xviil. 22; Jn. iv. 29[T WH Tr mrg. π. 4], 39 [T WH Tr txt. π. ἅ7; πολλὰ ὅσα, Jn. xxi. 25 RG, (Hom. Il. 22, 380; Xen. Hell. 3, 4, 8). ὅσοι... οὗτοι, Ro. viii. 14; ὅσα ον ταῦτα, Phil. iv. 8; dca... ἐν τούτοις, Jude 10; ὅσοι . αὐτοί, Jn. i. 12; Gal. vi. 16. ὅσοι ἄν or ἐάν, how many soever, as many soever as [ef. W. § 42, 3]; foll. by an indic. pret. (see ἄν, II. 1), Mk. vi. 56; by an indie. pres. Rey. iii. 19; by a subjune. aor., Mt. xxii. 9; Mk. iii. 28; vi.11; Lk. ix. 5 [Ree.]; Acts ii. 39 [here Lehm. ods ἄν]; Rev. xiii. 154 ὅσα ἄν, Mt. xviii. 18; Jn. xi. 22; xvi. 13 “ οσπερ [RG]; πάντα ὅσα ἄν, all things whatsoever: foll. by subjunc. pres. Mt. vii. 12; by subjune. aor., Mt. xxi. 22; xxiii. 3; Acts iii. 22. ὅσα in indirect dise.; how many things: Lk.ix. 10; Acts ix. 16; xv. 12; 2 Tim.i.18. c. of importance: ὅσα, how great things, i. 6. how extraordinary, in indir. dise., Mk. iii. 8 [Lmrg. 4]; v. 19 sq.; Lk. viii. 39; Acts xiv. 27; xv. 4, [al. take it of num ber in these last two exx. how many; cf. b. above]; how great (i. 6. bitter), κακά, Acts ix. 13. d. of measure and degree, in comparative sentences, acc. neut. ὅσον - - - μᾶλλον περισσότερον, the more... so much the more a great deal (A. V.), Mk. vii. 36; καθ᾽ ὅσον with a compar., by so much as with the compar. Heb. iii. 3; καθ᾽ ὅσον ... κατὰ τοσοῦτον [τοσοῦτο 1, T Tr WH], Heb. vii. 20, 22; καθ᾽ ὅσον (inasmuch) as foll. by οὕτως, Heb. ix. 27; τοσούτῳ with a compar. foll. by ὅσῳ with a compar., by so much... as, Heb. i. 4 (Xen. mem. 1, 4,40; Cyr. 7, 5,5 sq.); without τοσούτῳ, Heb. viii. 6 ΓΑ. V. by how much]; τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ (without μᾶλλον), Heb. x. 25; daa... τοσοῦτον, how much... so much, Rey. xviii. 7; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, for as much as, in so far as, without ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο, Mt. xxv. 40,45; Ro. xi. 13.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὅσος hosos 110x

as great, as much, Mk. 7:36; Jn. 6:11; Heb. 1:4; 8:6; 10:25; ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον, for how long a time, while, as long as, Rom. 7:1; so, ἐφ’ ὅσον, i.e. χρόνον, Mt. 9:15; ὅσον χρόνον, how long, Mk. 2:19; neut. ὅσον repeated, ὅσον ὅσον, used to give intensity to other qualifying words, e.g., μικρόν, the very least, a very little while, Heb. 10:37; ἐφ’ ὅσον, in as much as, Mt. 25:40, 45; καθ’ ὅσον, by how much, so far as, Heb. 3:3; or, in as much as, as, so, Heb. 7:20; 9:27; pl. ὅσα, so far as, as much as, Rev. 1:2; 18:7; how great, how much, how many, what, Mk. 3:8; 5:19, 20; how many, as many as, all who, 2 Cor. 1:20; Phil. 3:15; 1 Tim. 6:1; ὅσος ἄν, or ἐάν, whoever, whatsoever, Mt. 7:12; 18:18

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅσος, -η, -ον,

correlat. of τοσοῦτος,

how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as, etc. (= Lat. quantus); of number and quantity: m. pl., Mt 14:36, Mk 3:10, Ro 2:12, al.; n. pl., Mt 17:12, Mk 10:21, Lk 11:8, al.; πάτνες (πάντα) ὅ., Mt 13:46, Lk 4:40, al.; seq. οὗτοι (ταῦτα), Ro 8:14, Phl 4:8; c. indic., Mk 6:56, Re 3:19; c. subjc. Mk 3:28, al.; ὅ. ἄν, Mt 18:18, Jo 11:22, al.;

of measure and degree: Mk 3:8, Lk 8:39, Ac 9:13; in compar. sent., ὅσον seq. μᾶλλον, Mk 7:36; καθ’ ὅσον, c. compar., He 3:3; seq. τοσοῦτο, He 7:20; οὕτως, He 9:27; τοσούτῳ, c. compar. seq. ὅσῳ, c. compar., He 1:4; ἐφ’ ὅσον, inasmuch as, Mt 25:40, 45, Ro 11:13;

of space and time: Re 21:16; ἐφ’ ὅσον, as long as, Mt 9:15, II Pe 1:13; ἐφ’ ὅ. χρόνον, Ro 7:1, I Co 7:39, Ga 4:1; ἔτι μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, yet how very short a time, He 10:37(LXX).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅσος. The varied uses of ὅσος ἴῃ the NT can be readily illustrated from our sources. Thus for the meaning ‘‘as great as,” “‘how great,” ‘“how much,” as in Mk 519, cf. P Tebt II. 310" (Α.}. 186) doa (/. ὅσα) ἔχω ἔτη, “for my term of years’ (Edd.), 23. 3144 (ii/A.D.) ὅσον κάμ[α]τον ἤνεγκα, “ον much trouble I had,” 7. 3787" (A.D. 265) τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα καθήκει, ‘all else that is fitting,” and P Oxy VI. 903% (iv/A.D.) αὐτὴ οἷδεν ὅσα κέκτηται, ‘she knows how much she has possessed herself of” (Edd.). From this it is an easy transition to practically the meaning ‘‘all,’’ as in 24. 89815 (A.D. 123) ὑποθέσθαι ὅσα ἔχω ἐν τῇ ᾿Οάσε[ι] κτήματα, “εἴο mortgage all my property in the Oasis” (Edd.). The combination πάντα ὅσα, as in Mt 712 a/., is very common, e.g. BGU IV, 1113! (B.c. 14) πάϊντα ὅσα ποτ᾽ ἔσχεν [ὃ πατή]ρ, P Oxy I. 115° (ii/A.p.) (= Selections, p. 96) πάντα ὅσα ἣν καθήκοντα ἐποίησα, ‘everything that was fitting I did” : cf. also the rhetorical πολλῶν ὅσων λεχθέντων καὶ ἀντιλεχθέντων (with its curious attraction) in the late P Mon I. 14%! (a.p. 594). Ὅσος ἐάν (ἄν) generalizes, ‘‘ how great soever,” and in the plur. ‘‘as many soever as” (Mt 1818, 22° a/.). Thus in FP Amh II. 855 ἢ. (a.p. 78), an application for a five years’ lease of land belonging to orphan children, the writer states that he desires to lease τὰ καταλελιμμένα πάντα καθ᾽ ὁνδηποτοῦν τρόπον τοῖς αὐτοῦ υἱοῖς ὀρφανοῖς ὑπὸ Σαραπίωνος, ‘all the property of every kind bequeathed by Sarapion to his orphan sons,’’ and adds— καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἐὰν ἀφεύρω ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος τῶν υἱῶν ὀρφανῶν αὐτοῦ Σαραπίωνος, ‘and whatever else I may find to be owned by the orphan sons of Sarapion” (Edd.), For other exx. see P Tebt II. 441 (A.D. 91-2) ἀρούρας δύο ἥμισυ ἢ ὅσαι ἐὰν ὦσι, ‘two and a half arourae or as many as there may be,” P Ryl 11. 812° (c. a.p. 104) ὅσου ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχωσι ὕδατος, “‘as much water as they may have need of,”’ P Tebt II. 3157 (ii/A.D.) ὅπως μοι [πέμψῃς] ὅσου [ἐ]ὰν ἢ, ‘that you may send them (sc. garments) to me at any cost,’’ and P Ryl II. 243° (ii/A.D.) ὅσα ποτὲ οὖν ἐὰν ἀναναλώσῃς (J. ἀναλώσῃς) is τὴν τοῦ κλήρου κατεργασίαν, ἡμεῖν ἐνλόγσον ἐπὶ λόγου, ‘put down to our account everything you expend on the cultivation of the holding” (Edd.). For eis ὅσον, ‘as long as,” see 76. 899° (A.D. 200) ἐς ὅσον μὲν οὖν δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν, ‘‘as long as I had the power”’: cf. Mk 2᾽5 ὅσον χρόνον. The commoner phase ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, as in Mt 915, a/., is seen in P Tor I. 11-23 (B.c. 116) dv οἱ πρόγονοί μου Kekupievkay ἐφ᾽ ὅσον περιῆσαν, “over which my ancestors exercised lordship as long as they lived,” and ooTls Preisigke 431738 (c. A.D. 200) οὐ[δ]ὲν θέλω παρα «σχεῖν;» σοι ἐπφ᾽ ὅσον ἐν ᾿Αλεξανδρίαν εἰμί, “1 do not wish to provide you with anything as long as I am in Alexandria.” For the same phrase meaning ‘‘as much as” see the restoration in P Ryl IT. 815 (c. A.D. 104) ἐφ᾽] ὅσον οἱ κατασπορεῖς ἤθελον, ‘‘as much as the inspectors of sowing wished” (Edd.). The MGr ἐνόσῳ may mean ‘‘in so far as” or “so long as.” Καθ᾿ ὅσον, ‘‘in proportion as,” is found in Heb 3%, 77°, οὗ. Wellhausen (27/. p. 11) pronounces ὅσον ὅσον in Lk 5° D (= ὀλίγον of other MSS. : cf. English so so) ‘‘mehr volkstiimlich als literarisch,” and compares Isai 267° (hence Heb τοῦ). The phrase is thus “not an essential Hebraism, but a vernacular idiom in harmony with the Hebrew” (Robertson Gr. p. 733: cf. Proleg. p. 97). Radermacher (Gr. p. 57 n.*) cites Acta Philippi 142 βάδιζε ava δύο δύο in illustration of the Lucan passage. See also Wackernagel in G/otfa iv. (1913), p- 244f., who quotes Aristophanes Vesp. 213 τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅσον ὅσον στίλην ; here the last words may -- τοσοῦτον ὅσον (or ὥστε) στίλην εἶναι, a usage preparing the way for the wider meaning ‘‘ just,” asin Diphilus 43. 14 οὐδὲν ἡδέως | ποεῖ yap οὗτος ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον νόμου χάριν, ‘just for form’s sake.”’ The Latin employs tants guod in this sense, e.g. Suet. Aug. 98 navis Alexandrina quae tantum quod adpulerat, ‘©an Alexandrian ship which had only just come to land”: cf. also Petron. 37 e¢ modo modo quid fuit? ‘‘and what was she a little while ago?” 5)

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὅσος (hosos) — just as/how much. ὅσος, Epic dialect ὅσσος, η, ον, both forms in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσος also in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; and in many dialects, e. g. Lesb., [Refs 7th c.BC+] ii 18 (ὄσσος), argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Central Cretan dialect ὄζος [Refs], and ὄττος [Refs] adjective:—of Size, as great as, how great; of Quantity, as much as, how much; of Space, as far as, how far; of Time, as long as, how long; of Number, as many as, how many; of Sound, as loud as, how loud: correlative with τόσος (τόσσος), τοσόσδε, τοσοῦτος, in sense as, τόσσον χρόνον ὅσσον ἄνωγας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοσοῦτον ὄχλον καὶ παρασκευήν, ὅσην.. [Refs 4th c.BC+] as antecedent, χῶρον ἅπαντα ὅσσον.. [Refs 8th c.BC+] just so much as, ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἴσον τῇς χώρας μέτα, ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; agreeing with an antecedent implied in an adjective, γυναικείας ἀρετῆς, ὅσαι.. the virtue of all the women, who.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] substantive frequently precedes, where we put it in the Relat. clause, οὐδέ τι οἶδε πένθεος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρᾷς.. τὴν θεῶν ἰσχύν, ὅση [ἐστί]; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ Ζεῦ.., τὸ χρῆμα τῶν κόπων ὅσον! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον· ἀπέραντον! [Refs 8th c.BC+] the quantities of the first ingredient and the others, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. with a partitive genitive in the principal clause, Τρώων θάνον ὅσσοι ἄριστοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔ τις.. ὀνόσσεται, ὅσσοι Ἀχαιοί of all the Achaeans, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [τῶν στρατειῶν] ὅσαι τε καὶ μὴ ἐπικίνδυνοι which are and which are not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on τῶν ὅσοι, see ὁ, ἡ, τό [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. of Time, ὅσαι ἡμέραι, ὅσα ἔτη, etc., see at {ὁσημέραι}.

4. with τις, in indirect questions, ἰδώμεθα.. ὅσσος τις χρυσὸς.. ἔνεστιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον τι ἐστί[Refs]

5. with accusative of extent, λίμνη.. μέγαθος, ὅσηπερ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ in size as large as that in Delos, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. with adjectives expressing Quantity, etc., both words being put in the same case, [πίθηκοι] ἄφθονοι ὅσοι.. γίνονται, i. e. in amazing numbers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος prodigiously large, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπλάτων ὅσων, ἀμύθητα ὅσα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ ἱδρῶτος θαυμαστοῦ ὅσου [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in adverbial construction, θαυμαστὸν ὅσον ἐπιδιδόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. with superlative, ὅσας ἂν πλείστας δύνωνται καταστρέφεσθαι τῶν πολίων the most they possibly could.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὅσον τάχος as quickly as possible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον σθένος with all possible strength, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

8. with infinitive, so much as is enough for.., ὅσον ἀποζῆν enough to live off, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐδαιμονίας τοσοῦτον, ὅσον δοκεῖν so much as is enough for appearance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. for ὅτι τοσοῦτος (see. οἷος [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III. followed by Particles:

III.1. ὅσος ἄν (κεν) how great (many) soever, with subjunctive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.2. ὅσος δή of such and such a size or number (but in [Refs 8th c.BC+] naming such and such an amount, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέταξε τοῖσι.. ἔθνεσι γυναῖκας.. κατιστάναι, ὅσας δὴ ἐπιτάσσων ordering such and such a number, [Refs]; παρεσκευάζοντο ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for payment of a certain amount, [Refs]; ὁσοσδηποτοῦν, in plural, any number whatsoever, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]however large, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III.3. ὁσοσοῦν, Ionic dialect -ῶν, ever so small, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, however many, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.4. ὅσοσπερ, precisely as great as, τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνός ἐστι [ὁ Ἴστρος] ὅσοσπέρ ἐστι of its normal size, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: in plural, as many as, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and this is still more the case with Epic dialect ὅσος τε (compare ὅστε), [Refs 8th c.BC+]

IV. Adverbial usages of ὅσον and ὅσα:

IV.1. so far as, so much as, οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ὅσον αὔξειν ἢ καθαιρεῖν so far as to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, ὅσον γέ μ᾽ εἰδέναι as far as I know, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so μακραίων γ᾽, ὅσ᾽ ἀπεικάσαι conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but more frequently with indicative, ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον καθ᾽ ἕν᾽ ἄνδρα so far as was in one man's power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα γε τἀνθρώπεια humanly speaking, [Refs]

IV.1. b how far, how much, ἴστε γὰρ ὅσσον ἐμοὶ ἀρετῇ περιβάλλετον ἵπποι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with adjectives, how, ὅσον or ὅσσον.. μέγ᾽ ὄνειαρ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

IV.2. only so far as, only just, ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα ὠργίζετο, opposed to τῷ ἀληθεῖ ἐχαλέπαινον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅ. ὅ. στίλη; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὅ. ὅ. [NT]; ὅσον· ὀλίγον, ὅσον ὅσον δέ, ὀλίγον ὀλίγον, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; παρ᾽ ὅσον ἧττον a little less, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὅσον not even, οὐδ᾽ ὅ. ἀττάραγόν τυ δεδοίκαμες [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: absolutely, not the least mite, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; cf. IV. 5.

IV.3. of size or distance, ὅσον τε about, nearly, ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυιαν, ὅσον τε πυγούσιον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect ὅσον alone, ὅσον δύο πλέθρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of other measurements, ὅσον τριχοίνικον ἄρτον [Refs]

IV.4. with adjectives of Quality or Degree, mostly with comparative, αἴθ᾽, ὅσον ἥσσων εἰμί, τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι so far as, inasmuch as I am a greater king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.5. with negatives, ὅσον οὐ or ὁσονού just not, all but[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη almost immediately, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with future, presently, in a minute, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV.5. b οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐσώθησαν not only not.., but not even, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.5. c ὅσον μή so far as not, save or except so far as, καλός τε κἀγαθὸς τὴν φύσιν, ὅσον μὴ ὑβριστής (sic to be read) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον γ᾽ ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων so far as I can without touching.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with a finite Verb, πείθεσθαι.., ὅσον ἂν μὴ ἀνάγκη ᾖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.6. ὁσονοῦν, Ionic dialect ὁσονῶν, ever so little, εἰ τοίνυν ἐχιόνιζε καὶ ὁσονῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.7. ὅσα and ὅσαπερ, just like{ὡς, ὥσπερ}, as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. ὅσῳ, ὅσῳπερ, by how much, frequently with comparative, ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with superlative, διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V.2. ὅσῳ with comparative when followed by another comparative with τοσούτῳ, the more.., so much the more.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes a superlative replaces the comparative, ὅσῳ μάλιστα ἐλεύθεροι.., τοσούτῳ καὶ θρασύτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσῳ alone, ἑωυτοὺς δὲ γενέσθαι τοσούτῳ.., ἀμείνονας, ὅσῳ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

VI. ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, καθ᾽ ὅσον are frequently used much like{ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω} [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἐστὶν δυνατός as far as he can, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; later of Time, ἐς ὅσον δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν as long as.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον περιῆσαν as long as they lived, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

VI.2. ἐν ὅσῳ while, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

VII. no adverb ὅσως occurs.