ὅσσος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hós.sos/ → /ˈos.sos/ → /ˈo.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hós.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)os.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.sos/

Adjective

ὅσσος • (hóssos) m (feminine ὅσση, neuter ὅσσον); first/second declension

1. Epic form of ὅσος (hósos)

Declension

First and second declension of ὅσσος; ὅσση; ὅσσον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅσσος hóssos	ὅσση hóssē	ὅσσον hósson		ὅσσω hóssō	ὅσσᾱ hóssā	ὅσσω hóssō		ὅσσοι hóssoi	ὅσσαι hóssai	ὅσσᾰ hóssa
Genitive		ὅσσου / ὁσσοῖο / ὅσσοιο / ὁσσόο / ὅσσοο hóssou / hossoîo / hóssoio / hossóo / hóssoo	ὅσσης hóssēs	ὅσσου / ὁσσοῖο / ὅσσοιο / ὁσσόο / ὅσσοο hóssou / hossoîo / hóssoio / hossóo / hóssoo		ὅσσοιῐν hóssoiin	ὅσσαιν / ὅσσαιῐν / ὅσσῃῐν hóssai(i)n / hóssēiin	ὅσσοιῐν hóssoiin		ὅσσων hóssōn	ὁσσᾱ́ων / ὁσσέ͜ων / ὁσσῶν hossā́ōn / hossé͜ōn / hossôn	ὅσσων hóssōn
Dative		ὅσσῳ hóssōi	ὅσσῃ hóssēi	ὅσσῳ hóssōi		ὅσσοιῐν hóssoiin	ὅσσαιν / ὅσσαιῐν / ὅσσῃῐν hóssai(i)n / hóssēiin	ὅσσοιῐν hóssoiin		ὅσσοισῐ / ὅσσοισῐν / ὅσσοις hóssoisi(n) / hóssois	ὅσσῃσῐ / ὅσσῃσῐν / ὅσσῃς / ὅσσαις hóssēisi(n) / hóssēis / hóssais	ὅσσοισῐ / ὅσσοισῐν / ὅσσοις hóssoisi(n) / hóssois
Accusative		ὅσσον hósson	ὅσσην hóssēn	ὅσσον hósson		ὅσσω hóssō	ὅσσᾱ hóssā	ὅσσω hóssō		ὅσσους hóssous	ὅσσᾱς hóssās	ὅσσᾰ hóssa
Vocative		ὅσσε hósse	ὅσση hóssē	ὅσσον hósson		ὅσσω hóssō	ὅσσᾱ hóssā	ὅσσω hóssō		ὅσσοι hóssoi	ὅσσαι hóssai	ὅσσᾰ hóssa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὅσσον / ὅσσᾰ hósson / hóssa				—				—
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “ὅσσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὅσσος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὅσσος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963