Ἥφαιστος

See also: Ήφαιστος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ᾱ̔́φαιστος (Hā́phaistos) — Doric
Ᾱ̓́φαιστος (Ā́phaistos) — Aeolic

Etymology

A Pre-Greek word of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.pʰai̯s.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.pʰɛs.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɸɛs.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/

Proper noun

Ἥφαιστος • (Hḗphaistos) m (genitive Ἡφαίστου); second declension

(Greek mythology) Hephaestus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἥφαιστος; τοῦ Ἡφαίστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

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