Ὑσταίχμας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Vistaxma (literally “having far-reaching power”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hys.tǎi̯kʰ.maːs/ → /ysˈtɛx.mas/ → /isˈtex.mas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hys.tǎi̯kʰ.maːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ysˈtɛkʰ.mas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtɛx.mas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ysˈtex.mas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isˈtex.mas/

Proper noun

Ὑσταίχμᾱς • (Hustaíkhmās) m (genitive Ὑσταίχμου); first declension

1. a male given name from Old Median: Hystaechmas, a Persian mentioned by Aeschylus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ὑσταίχμᾱς; τοῦ Ὑσταίχμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὑσταίχμᾱς ho Hustaíkhmās
Genitive	τοῦ Ὑσταίχμου toû Hustaíkhmou
Dative	τῷ Ὑσταίχμᾳ tôi Hustaíkhmāi
Accusative	τὸν Ὑσταίχμᾱν tòn Hustaíkhmān
Vocative	Ὑσταίχμᾱ Hustaíkhmā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Hystaechmās

Further reading

• Ὑσταίχμας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette