ὁσα | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

As great as, as much as; as many as—denoting extent or quantity. Also “how much/how many?” in questions, and “as much/as many as” in relative or correlative uses (“so much… as”).

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Grammatical Analysis

"ὁσα"

Type: relative/interrogative/indefinite-pronominal adjective (ὅσος, ὅση, ὅσον: 'as much/many as', 'how much/many')

Case: nominative/accusative

Number: plural

Gender: neuter

Note: The exact form ὁσα (for ὅσα, with accent often omitted in running text) is neuter plural nom./acc.; it can function substantively ('as many things as') or adjectivally with a neuter plural noun. It is not a verb, so -μι vs. standard verb does not apply.

Related Forms of ὅσος

15 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὅσους accusative, plural, masculine όσα accusative, plural, neuter όσος nominative (as given in lexical form; other cases ... ὁπόσα nominative or accusative, plural, neuter ὅσοι nominative, plural, masculine ὅσα accusative, plural, neuter oson accusative, singular, neuter ὅσα nominative or accusative, plural, neuter o(sa nominative or accusative, plural, neuter οσαι nominative (also possible: vocative, same form), p... Ὅσα nominative or accusative, plural, neuter όσον nominative or accusative, singular, neuter οσοι nominative, plural, masculine ὅσος nominative, singular, masculine hosa nominative/accusative, plural, neuter

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