Ὑδάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वितस्ता (vitastā). Proposed to have been borrowed from Old Persian *Vidāspa- (literally “caring for horses”), 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

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dás.pɛːs/ → /yˈðas.pis/ → /iˈðas.pis/

• (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 • (Hudáspēs) m (genitive Ῠ̔δάσπου); first declension

1. 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 Hudáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπου toû Hudáspou
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tôi Hudáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hudáspēn
Vocative	Ῠ̔δάσπη Hudáspē
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 Hudáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔δάσπεω / Ῠ̔δάσπω toû Hudáspeō / Hudáspō
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔δάσπῃ tôi Hudáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔δάσπην tòn Hudáspēn
Vocative	Ῠ̔δάσπη Hudáspē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ῠ̔δασπῐᾰ́ς (Hudaspiás)

Descendants

• Greek: Υδάσπης (Ydáspis)
• → Latin: 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