Ὑστάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎻𐏁𐎫𐎠𐎿𐎱 (vi-š-t-a-s-p /⁠Vištāspa⁠/, literally “having free, unbridled, horses”) and Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬀 (Vištāspa). From *višta- (“free, unbridled”) + *aspa- (“horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hys.tás.pɛːs/ → /ysˈtas.pis/ → /isˈtas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hys.tás.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈtas.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈtas.pis/

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 tôi 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 tôi 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

• Ancient Greek: Ὑστάσπης (Hustáspēs)
• Latin: Hystaspes

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
• Ὑστάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette