Hephaestus

See also: Hephæstus

English

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

(<os>-terminal)
- Hephaestos
- Hephæstos
- Hephaistos (chiefly academic)
- Hephestos (US)

(<us>-terminal)
- Hephaestus
- Hephæstus
- Hephaistus (chiefly academic)
- Hephestus (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos), a pre-Greek word of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: hĭfēʹstəs, IPA^(key): /hɪˈfiːstəs/
(General American) enPR: hĭfĕsʹtəs, IPA^(key): /hɪˈfɛstəs/

Proper noun

Hephaestus

(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Derived terms

Hephaestian
Hephaestic
hephaestin

Translations

Greek god

Armenian: Հեփեստոս (hy) (Hepʿestos)
Old Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʿestos)
Catalan: Hefest m
Cherokee: ᎮᏇᏍᏓ (hequesda)
Czech: Hefaistos m, Héfaistos (cs) m
Esperanto: Hefesto
French: Héphaïstos (fr) m
German: Hephaistos m
Greek: Ήφαιστος (el) m (Ífaistos)
Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος m (Hḗphaistos)
Hungarian: Héphaisztosz (hu)

Icelandic: Hefæstos m
Irish: Héafaestas m
Italian: Efesto
Korean: 헤파이스토스 (hepaiseutoseu)
Lithuanian: Hefaistas m
Polish: Hefajstos (pl) m
Portuguese: Hefesto m
Russian: Гефе́ст (ru) m (Gefést)
Spanish: Hefestos m, Hefesto m
Swahili: Hefesto
Swedish: Hefaistos

References

“Hephæstus” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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