Bible Lexicons

(1) of size, quantity, ";so great,"; ";so large"; : P Hib I. 51.6 (B.C. 245) τοσοῦτο γὰρ ἔκκειται ἐγ βασιλικοῦ, ";for that is the rate published by the government"; (Edd.), P Ryl II. 96.7 (A.D. 117–8) τοσοῦτο τέλεσμα οὐ βαστάζει, ";it (sc, crown-land) does not bear so great a charge"; (Edd.), and in a more general sense P Amh II. 141.17 (A.D. 350) ἐπιδίδωμι. . . τάδε τὰ βιβλία [μο ]υ τοσ ̣οῦτο μαρτυραμένη, ";I present this my petition bearing witness to the facts"; (Edd.).

(2) of time, ";so long"; : P Lond 42.23 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, Selections p. 10) τοσούτου χρόνου ἐπιγεγονότος, ";so long a time having elapsed,"; P Tebt II. 302.18 (A.D. 71–2) τ ]οσούτων ἐτῶν, ";for so many years,"; P Oxy III. 530.9 (ii/A.D.) ἐπι μ ̣ά ̣τ ̣η [ν ] δὲ τῶι τοῦ Παυσιρίωνος τοσοῦτον χρόνον προσκαρτερ [ῶ, ";and that I have so long been engaged with Pausirion’s business to no purpose"; (Edd.).

(3) The following prepositional phrases may be cited—

P Oxy XII. 1481.2 (early ii/A.D.) γεινώσκειν σ [ε ] θέλω ὅτι διὰ τοσούτου χρόνου οὐκ ἀπέσταλκά σοι ἐπιστόλιον διότι. . ., ";I would have you know that the reason why I have been such a long time without sending you a letter is that. . ."; : P Petr II. 11 (2).4 (mid. iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 6) ἵνα ἐκ τοσούτου φέρωμεν τὴν εἰκοστήν : BGU IV. 1095.13 (A.D. 57) πίθομαι γὰρ ὅτι ἐν τωσούτῳ με [τέ ]πεμψαι (= —ψε) ὁ Πτολεμαῖος, P Oxy VI. 940.5 (v/A.D.) ἐν τοσούτῳ γράφεις μοι, ";meanwhile write to me"; : BGU II. 665.6 (i/A.D.) (see Berïchtigungen, p. 59) ἐ ̣πὶ τοσοῦτον (for ἐν τοσούτῳ) ἔμε [λ ]λε [π ]ε ̣μπ ̣ιν Εὔπλουν, ";meanwhile he will send Euplous,"; P Tebt II. 304.9 (A.D. 167–8) ἀητ [= δ ]ίαν συ <ν >ῇψαν ἐπὶ τοσ íσ ýοῦτον ὥστε μετὰ ξύλων ἐσπηδῆσαι, ";they picked a quarrel, going so far as to rush in with staves"; (Edd.), and the late P Lond 1075.18 (vii/A.D.) (= III. p. 282) πεπληροφόρημαι (cf. Romans 4:21, al.) γὰρ σαφῶς ὅτι οὐ θέλετε αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἀνεγκέφαλον, ";for I am fully persuaded that you do not wish him to be so brainless.";