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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ὣσ εἰπὼν κνημῖδασ ὀρειχάλκοιο φαεινοῦ, Ἡφαίστου κλυτὰ δῶρα, περὶ κνήμῃσιν ἔθηκεν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 11:1)

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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