Ὑστάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p /⁠Vištāspaʰ⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὑστάσπης • (Hustáspēs) m (genitive Ὑστάσπου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian and Avestan, equivalent to English Hystaspes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὑστάσπης; τοῦ Ὑστάσπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ὑστάσπης
ho Hustáspēs
Genitive τοῦ Ὑστάσπου
toû Hustáspou
Dative τῷ Ὑστάσπῃ
tōî Hustáspēi
Accusative τὸν Ὑστάσπην
tòn Hustáspēn
Vocative Ὑστάσπη
Hustáspē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
First declension of ὁ Ὑστάσπης; τοῦ Ὑστάσπεω (Ionic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ὑστάσπης
ho Hustáspēs
Genitive τοῦ Ὑστάσπεω / Ὑστάσπω
toû Hustáspeō / Hustáspō
Dative τῷ Ὑστάσπῃ
tōî Hustáspēi
Accusative τὸν Ὑστάσπην
tòn Hustáspēn
Vocative Ὑστάσπη
Hustáspē
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ὑστάσπης (Hustáspēs)
  • → Latin: Hystaspēs

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 22
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