proper noun · masculinethird declension
Hydaspēs
Hydaspēs m sg (genitive Hydaspis)
Classical[hyˈdas.peːs]Ecclesiastical[iˈdas.pes]
Meaning
- an important river in India where Alexander the Great fought the battle against Porus, now the Jhelum river.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hydaspēs | — |
| genitive | Hydaspis | — |
| dative | Hydaspī | — |
| accusative | Hydaspem | — |
| ablative | Hydaspe | — |
| vocative | Hydaspēs | — |
Hўdaspes, is, m., = Ὑδάσπης.
I. A river of India, a tributary of the Indus, now Jeloum, Mel. 3, 7, 6; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Curt. 4, 5, 3; 8, 12, 8; Verg. G. 4, 211; Hor. C. 1, 22, 8; Luc. 8, 227 al.—To denote the East:
repressor Hydaspis, Petr. 123 fin.—B. Deriv.: Hўdaspēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hydaspes, Hydaspean; poet. also for Indian:
gemmae, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4: Erythrae, Sid. Carm. 2, 447.—II. A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 747.—
III. An Indian or Ethiopian slave, Hor. S. 2, 8, 14.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑδάσπης (Hudáspēs), itself from Sanskrit वितस्ता (vitastā), also proposed to have been borrowed from Old Persian *Vidāspaʰ (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.
Descendants
- EnglishHydaspes