Ὑστάσπης
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
Hystaspès :
1 père de Darius;
2 fils de Darius;
3 autres.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ὑστάσπης: ου ὁ Гистасп
1 сатрап Персиды при Камбисе, отец Дария I Her.;
2 сын Дария I и Атоссы, брат Ксеркса Her.;
3 зять Гобрия, друг Кира Младшего Xen.
Greco-Persian Names
APers. Vištāspa : θātiy Dārayavauš xšāyaθiya manā pitā Vištāspa, says Darius the king, my father (is) Hystaspes (Bh. 1,3,4). APers. *višta (MPers. višaδak), depressed (viy + had, to sit, settle down; cf. Skt. vi + sad, to sink, despond) + APers. aspa (comp.), horse, YAv. aspa (NPers. asp), Skt. açva; having spiritless horses; cf. Tolman, Lex. and Texts, 127.
