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, -eɪstəs/

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

Translations

Greek god

Armenian: Հեփեստոս (hy) (Hepʻestos)
Old Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʻestos)
Catalan: Hefest m
Cherokee: ᎮᏇᏍᏓ (hequesda)
Coptic: ⲏⲫⲁⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (ēphaistos)
Czech: Hefaistos m, Héfaistos (cs) m
Esperanto: Hefesto
French: Héphaïstos (fr) m
Georgian: ჰეფესტოსი (ka) (hepesṭosi), ჰეფესტო (hepesṭo)
German: Hephaistos m
Greek: Ήφαιστος (el) m (Ífaistos)
Ancient: Ἥφαιστος m (Hḗphaistos)
Hungarian: Héphaisztosz (hu)
Icelandic: Hefæstos m
Irish: Héafaestas m
Italian: Efesto m
Japanese: ヘーパイストス (Hēpaisutosu)
Korean: 헤파이스토스 (Hepaiseutoseu)
Lithuanian: Hefaistas m
Occitan: Efèst m
Polish: Hefajstos (pl) m
Portuguese: Hefesto m
Russian: Гефе́ст (ru) m (Gefést)
Spanish: Hefestos m, Hefesto m
Swahili: Hefesto
Swedish: Hefaistos
Ukrainian: Гефе́ст m (Hefést)

See also

(Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

References

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