ὅσσος

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

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
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