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

1. (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) (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]