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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

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

  • ἢ γὰρ οὐ ταῦτα σεμνολογοῦσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ περὶ τῶν θεῶν καὶ πολὺ τούτων ἱερώτερα περί τε Ἡφαίστου καὶ Προμηθέωσ καὶ Κρόνου καὶ Ῥέασ καὶ σχεδὸν ὅλησ τῆσ τοῦ Διὸσ οἰκίασ; (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:1)
  • 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)
  • Καίτοι τὰ μὲν Ἡφαίστου μέτρια· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 6:3)
  • ἔπειτα δ’ ἡ Ἶρισ καὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ ὄντεσ ὑπηρέται καὶ ἀγγελιαφόροι τοῦ Διόσ, ἑξῆσ δὲ τοῦ Ἡφαίστου τὸ χαλκεῖον ἀνάμεστον ἁπάσησ τέχνησ, μετὰ δὲ αἱ τῶν θεῶν οἰκίαι καὶ τοῦ Διὸσ τὰ βασίλεια, ταῦτα πάντα περικαλλῆ τοῦ Ἡφαίστου κατασκευάσαντοσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 8:5)
  • 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

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

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