Ἥφαιστος
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See also: Ήφαιστος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ᾱ̔́φαιστος (Hā́phaistos) — Doric
- Ᾱ̓́φαιστος (Ā́phaistos) — Aeolic
Etymology
A Pre-Greek word of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛ̌ː.pʰai̯s.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.pʰɛs.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɸɛs.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/
Proper noun
Ἥφαιστος • (Hḗphaistos) m (genitive Ἡφαίστου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἥφαιστος ho Hḗphaistos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἡφαίστου / Ἡφαίστοιο (Epic) toû Hēphaístou / Hēphaístoio (Epic) | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἡφαίστῳ tôi Hēphaístōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἥφαιστον tòn Hḗphaiston | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἥφαιστε Hḗphaiste | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἡφαίστεια (Hēphaísteia)
- ἡφαιστεῖον (hēphaisteîon)
- Ἡφαιστίων (Hēphaistíōn)
- Ἡφαιστότευκτος (Hēphaistóteuktos)
Descendants
- → English: Hephaestus
- Greek: Ήφαιστος (Ífaistos)
- → Latin: Hephaestus
- Italian: Efesto
- → Coptic: ⲏⲫⲁⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (ēphaistos)
- → Old Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʻestos)
- Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʻestos)
- → Polish: Hefajstos
- → Russian: Гефе́ст (Gefést)
Further reading
- “Ἥφαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἥφαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἥφαιστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἥφαιστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
- http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Hephaistos.html