Ὑδάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वितस्ता (vitastā). Proposed to have been borrowed from Old Persian *Vidāspa- (literally “caring for horses”),^[1] from *vīd- (“to take care of”) + 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p, “horse”) to explain the development -sp- instead of -st-, but this has no basis in any attested names for the river.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dás.pɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈdas.pe̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈðas.pis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈðas.pis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðas.pis/

Proper noun

Ῠ̔δάσπης • (Hŭdáspēs) m (genitive Ῠ̔δάσπου); first declension

Hydaspes, Jhelum (a river in Pakistan and India)
Synonym: Βιδάσπης (Bidáspēs)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης; τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης ho Hŭdáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπου toû Hŭdáspou
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tōî Hŭdáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hŭdáspēn
Vocative	Ῠ̔δάσπη Hŭdáspē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης; τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης ho Hŭdáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπεω / Ῠ̔δάσπω toû Hŭdáspeō / Hŭdáspō
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tōî Hŭdáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hŭdáspēn
Vocative	Ῠ̔δάσπη Hŭdáspē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Ῠ̔δασπῐᾰ́ς (Hŭdaspĭắs)

Descendants

Greek: Υδάσπης (Ydáspis)
→ Latin: Hydaspēs
- → English: Hydaspes

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
Ὑδάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 260

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 260

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