Vulcanus

German

Alternative forms
  • Vulkanus (rarer spelling)
  • Vulkan (dated)

Etymology

From Latin Vulcānus. See Vulkan for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʊlˈkaːnʊs/

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.

Case 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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