Ὕσπορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὗς (hûs, “swine”) +‎ πόρος (póros, “passage, ford”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýs.po.ros/ → /ˈys.po.ros/ → /ˈis.po.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýs.po.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ys.po.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.po.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.po.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.po.ros/

Proper noun

Ὕσπορος • (Húsporos) m (genitive Ὑσπόρου); second declension

1. Hysporus, an Indian river

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ὕσπορος; τοῦ Ὑσπόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὕσπορος ho Húsporos
Genitive	τοῦ Ὑσπόρου toû Huspórou
Dative	τῷ Ὑσπόρῳ tôi Huspórōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὕσπορον tòn Húsporon
Vocative	Ὕσπορε Húspore
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Hysporus

Further reading

• “Ὕσπορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ὕσπορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette