Ὑδάσπης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.dás.pɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈdas.pe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈðas.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈðas.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈðas.pis/
Proper noun edit
Ῠ̔δάσπης • (Hudáspēs) m (genitive Ῠ̔δάσπου); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης ho Hudáspēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπου toû Hudáspou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tôi Hudáspēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hudáspēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῠ̔δάσπη Hudáspē | ||||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ῠ̔δάσπης ho Hudáspēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπεω / Ῠ̔δάσπω toû Hudáspeō / Hudáspō | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tôi Hudáspēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hudáspēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῠ̔δάσπη Hudáspē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Ῠ̔δασπῐᾰ́ς (Hudaspiás)
Descendants edit
References edit
- 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