τοσοῦτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τοσσοῦτος (tossoûtos) — Epic
• τεσσοῦτος (tessoûtos) — Aeolic

Etymology

From τόσος (tósos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.sûː.tos/ → /toˈsu.tos/ → /toˈsu.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.sûː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈsu.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈsu.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈsu.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈsu.tos/

Pronoun

τοσοῦτος • (tosoûtos)

1. (stronger variant of τόσος in all senses)
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1076
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 330B
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 214A
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.49
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.402
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 1.9
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.99
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.485
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1140
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 177C
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.4.18
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 177A
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.328
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.258
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.103
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.5.7
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1283B.12
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Aratus 50
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 1
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cato the Younger 69
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.37
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 330B
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.149
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Peace 7
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.1.21
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.3.22
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Evagoras 29
2. (neuter substantive) so much, thus much
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.402
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 836
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 790
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 748
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.113
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 372
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 621
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 680
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.29
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.113
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.134
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Epicrates and his Fellow Envoys 10
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 771
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 748
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 832
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 25E
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.4.16
   • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 420
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.64
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.97
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1300A.9
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Philon 8
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Parmenides 129A
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.90
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.23
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.49
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.2
3. (neuter adverb) so much, so far
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.203
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.250
   • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 453
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.49
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.45
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.81
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, First Alcibiades 108A
   • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, The Life of Hippocrates 8
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.476
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Funeral Oration 16
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.49
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 576B
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.8.4
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.9
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.476
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.99
   • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 621
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 771
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 314B
   • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 153A
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2.35
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 201
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 427
   • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 832
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.59
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.76
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Simon 34
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Andocides 17
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2 12
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 14.23
   • 117 CE – 181 CE, Aelius Aristides, Orations 36.100

Inflection

First and second declension of τοσοῦτος, τοσαύτη, τοσοῦτο

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τοσοῦτος tosoûtos	τοσαύτη tosaútē	τοσοῦτο / τοσοῦτον tosoûto / tosoûton		τοσούτω tosoútō	τοσούτω tosoútō	τοσούτω tosoútō		τοσοῦτοι tosoûtoi	τοσαῦται tosaûtai	τοσαῦτᾰ tosaûta
Genitive		τοσούτου tosoútou	τοσαύτης tosaútēs	τοσούτου tosoútou		τοσούτοιν tosoútoin	τοσούτοιν tosoútoin	τοσούτοιν tosoútoin		τοσούτων tosoútōn	τοσούτων tosoútōn	τοσούτων tosoútōn
Dative		τοσούτῳ tosoútōi	τοσαύτῃ tosaútēi	τοσούτῳ tosoútōi		τοσούτοιν tosoútoin	τοσούτοιν tosoútoin	τοσούτοιν tosoútoin		τοσούτοις tosoútois	τοσαύταις tosaútais	τοσούτοις tosoútois
Accusative		τοσοῦτον tosoûton	τοσαύτην tosaútēn	τοσοῦτο / τοσοῦτον tosoûto / tosoûton		τοσούτω tosoútō	τοσούτω tosoútō	τοσούτω tosoútō		τοσούτους tosoútous	τοσαύτᾱς tosaútās	τοσαῦτᾰ tosaûta
Vocative		—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Further reading

• “τοσοῦτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τοσοῦτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τοσοῦτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τοσοῦτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τοσοῦτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τοσοῦτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5118 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • big idem, page 78.
  • great idem, page 372.
  • large idem, page 476.
  • much idem, page 545.
  • such idem, page 834.