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Vulcanus

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Vulcānus. See Vulkan for more.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

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

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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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

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Descendants

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“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

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  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

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  • “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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