Vulcanus

== English == === Proper noun === Vulcanus Alternative form of Vulcan (“the god of volcanoes and fire”). === References === “Vulcan, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == 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) (mythology) Vulcan (Roman god of fire) == Latin == === Alternative forms === Volcānus === Etymology === Unknown; possibly borrowed via Etruscan from Doric Greek Ϝέλχανος (Wélkhanos, “Velchanos, a Cretan god of nature and the netherworld”). Has also been compared with Sanskrit उल्का (ulkā́, “meteor”). More on Wikipedia. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wʊɫˈkaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vulˈkaː.nus] === Proper noun === Vulcānus m (genitive Vulcānī); second declension (Roman mythology) Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and various German and Celtic gods. a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, close to Sicily, in Italy ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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): Italian: Vulcano Sicilian: Vurcanu “volcano” (named for the island of Vulcano): Italian: vulcano (see there for further descendants) Sicilian: vurcanu (see there for further descendants) === References === === 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.