Vulcanus
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)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly borrowed via Etruscan from Doric Greek Ϝέλχανος (Wélkhanos).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈkaː.nus/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈka.nus/, [vulˈkäːnus]
Proper noun edit
Vulcānus m (genitive Vulcānī); second declension
- (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):
- Armenian: Վուլկան (Vulkan)
- Basque: Vulkano
- Belarusian: Вулкан (Vulkan)
- Bulgarian: Вулкан (Vulkan)
- Catalan: Vulcà
- Czech: Vulkán
- Danish: Vulkan
- Dutch: Vulcaan (obsolete)
- English: Vulcan
- French: Vulcain
- German: Vulkan
- Greek: Βουλκάνους (Voulkánous), Βούλκαν (Voúlkan)
- Galician: Vulcano
- Irish: Bolcán
- Italian: Vulcano
- Japanese: ウゥルカーヌス (Wurukānusu)
- Korean: 불카누스 (Bulkanuseu)
- Latvian: Vulkāns
- Lithuanian: Vulkanas
- Macedonian: Вулкан (Vulkan)
- Manx: Vulcaan
- Neapolitan: Vurcano
- Norwegian: Vulkan
- Occitan: Vulcan
- Portuguese: Vulcano
- Polish: Wulkan
- Romanian: Vulcan
- Russian: Вулкан (Vulkan)
- Serbo-Croatian: Vulkan / Вулкан
- Sicilian: Vurcanu
- Slovak: Vulkán
- Slovene: Vulkan
- Spanish: Vulcano
- Ukrainian: Вулкан (Vulkan)
- Welsh: Fwlcan
“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
- ^ 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.