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Latin
Etymology
From mulceō (“I soften”), referring to what an ironsmith does to metal.
Proper noun
Mulciber m sg (variously declined, genitive Mulciberī or Mulcibēris); second declension, third declension
- Vulcan
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er) or third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Mulciber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Mulciber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Mulciber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.