Χοάσπης

Χοάσπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Old Persian and Old Median compound word *Uvaspa[1] or *Hṷaspa- (“pos­sessing good horses”)[2], from Old Persian *hu- (“good”) + Old Median *aspa- (“horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰo.ás.pɛːs/ → /xoˈas.pis/ → /xoˈas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰo.ás.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈas.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈas.pis/

Proper noun

Χοάσπης • (Khoáspēs) m (genitive Χοάσπου); first declension

1. river Choaspes; Karkheh River, Iran

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Χοάσπης; τοῦ Χοάσπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χοάσπης ho Khoáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Χοάσπου toû Khoáspou
Dative	τῷ Χοάσπῃ tôi Khoáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Χοάσπην tòn Khoáspēn
Vocative	Χοάσπη Khoáspē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Χοάσπης; τοῦ Χοάσπεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χοάσπης ho Khoáspēs
Genitive	τοῦ Χοάσπεω / Χοάσπω toû Khoáspeō / Khoáspō
Dative	τῷ Χοάσπῃ tôi Khoáspēi
Accusative	τὸν Χοάσπην tòn Khoáspēn
Vocative	Χοάσπη Khoáspē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Χοάσπης (Choáspis)
• → Latin: Choaspēs
  • → English: Choaspes

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Χοάσπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 131
2. Rüdiger Schmitt, "CHOASPES" in Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1991