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

"Extremely obscure", with many hypotheses; some speculate of borrowing from a Mediterranean language.[1]

A longstanding theory linking the name to the Biblical Tubal-cain (who bears uncanny similarity in characteristics and relations to Vulcan) has not been totally discounted. See further info, context and proposals at discussion on StackExchange.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈkaː.nus/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈkäːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈka.nus/, [vulˈkäːnus]

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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 825

Further reading
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