ὅσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὅσ’ (hós’) — apocopic
ὅσσᾰ (hóssă) — Epic

Pronunciation 1

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

Adjective

ὅσᾰ • (hósă)

neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ὅσος (hósos)

Adverb

ὅσᾰ • (hósă)

as far as
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.21
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 467C
- 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 47A
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.185
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.111
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.16
synonym of ὡς (hōs)
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.12
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, A True Story 1.24

Derived terms

ὅσᾰπερ (hósăper)

Pronunciation 2

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

Adjective

ὅσᾱ • (hósā)

feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of ὅσος (hósos)