Vulcanus

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Vulcānus. See Vulkan for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Vulcānus Vulcānī
genitive Vulcānī Vulcānōrum
dative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
accusative Vulcānum Vulcānōs
ablative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
vocative Vulcāne Vulcānī

Derived terms

Descendants

“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

  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

  • “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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