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Question: πόσος ‘how much’

πόσος ‘how much’ is a question topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.

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Morphologyπόσος

  • πόσος follows the expected forms with πόσ- + 1st/2nd declension endings (the former for fem, the latter for masc/neut)
  • Forms found in the NT: πόσος, πόσον, πόσῳ, πόσοι, πόσους, πόσων, πόσα, πόσην, πόσαι, πόσας.

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Syntaxπόσος

The prototypical function of πόσος is to question the quantity of something. When used this way, πόσος agrees in number, gender, and case with the noun it modifies, and it moves with the noun to the front of the sentence:

  • (551) Questioning the quantity of something
  • καὶ πόσους κοφίνους ἐλάβετε; (Matt 16:9)
  • And how many baskets did you get?

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Paradigms for this concept

-α B.a.α.ii-ος, -α, -ον A.a.β-δ, θ, ζ endings C.a.θ-γ, κ, χ endings C.a.ζ

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Lesson 48.3 Question – πόσος ‘how much’

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