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
 

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