Vulcanus

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German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Vulcānus. See Vulkan for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vulcanus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulcanus' or Vulcanus)

  1. (mythology) Vulcan (Roman god of fire)

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; possibly borrowed via Etruscan from Doric Greek Ϝέλχανος (Wélkhanos).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vulcānus m (genitive Vulcānī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Vulcānus Vulcānī
Genitive Vulcānī Vulcānōrum
Dative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
Accusative Vulcānum Vulcānōs
Ablative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
Vocative Vulcāne Vulcānī

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

“Vulcan” (Roman god of fire):

“Vulcano” (a small volcanic island north of Sicily; named for the Roman belief that it was the chimney of Vulcan):

“volcano” (named for the island of Vulcano):

  • Italian: vulcano (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: vurcanu (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “Vulcanus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 825-26

Further reading[edit]

  • “Vulcānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Vulcānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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