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Ἥφαιστος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἥφαιστος Ἥφαιστου

Structure: Ἡφαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Perh. from a(/ptw, to kindle fire.

Sense

  1. Hephaestus
  2. fire

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ἥφαιστος Ἡφαίστω Ή̔φαιστοι
Genitive Ἡφαίστου Ἡφαίστοιν Ἡφαίστων
Dative Ἡφαίστῳ Ἡφαίστοιν Ἡφαίστοις
Accusative Ή̔φαιστον Ἡφαίστω Ἡφαίστους
Vocative Ή̔φαιστε Ἡφαίστω Ή̔φαιστοι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χωλευθῆναι γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πτώματοσ, ὁπότε ἐρρίφη ὑπὸ τοῦ Διὸσ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ εἴ γε μὴ οἱ Λήμνιοι καλῶσ ποιοῦντεσ ἔτι φερόμενον αὐτὸν ὑπεδέξαντο, κἂν ἐτεθνήκει ἡμῖν ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀστυάναξ ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου καταπεσών. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 6:2)
  • εὖτ’ ἂν δὲ τὴν σειρὴν τοῦ Διὸσ ἀπηγέηται καὶ τοῦ Ηἐλίου τὰσ βόασ τὰ δὴ ἐγὼ ἤματα εἶναι συμβάλλομαι, καὶ τὰσ πόλιασ τὰσ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι Ἥφαιστοσ ἐποιήσατο καὶ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τὴν ἀλωὴν . (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:2)
  • εἶτα μετὰ ταύτην ἄλλη Ἀθηνᾶ, οὐ λίθοσ αὕτη γε, ἀλλὰ γραφὴ πάλιν Ἥφαιστοσ αὐτὴν διώκει ἐρῶν, ἡ δὲ φεύγει, κἀκ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 27:1)
  • καὶ ὁ Ἥλιοσ φανεὶσ ἰᾶται τὴν πήρωσιν, καὶ ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ Λημνόθεν ἐπισκοπεῖ τὸ ἔργον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 29:1)
  • θαῦμα ἰδεῖν καὶ Ζηνὶ βαρυκτύπῳ, οὗ διὰ βουλὰσ Ἥφαιστοσ ποίησε σάκοσ μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε, ἀρσάμενοσ παλάμῃσι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 29:1)

Synonyms

  1. Hephaestus

  2. fire

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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