Ἥφαιστος

See also: Ήφαιστος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾱ̔́φαιστος (Hā́phaistos) — Doric
• Ᾱ̓́φαιστος (Ā́phaistos) — Aeolic

Etymology

A word of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.pʰai̯s.tos/ → /ˈi.ɸɛs.tos/ → /ˈi.fes.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.pʰai̯s.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.pʰɛs.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɸɛs.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fes.tos/

Proper noun

Ἥφαιστος • (Hḗphaistos) m (genitive Ἡφαίστου); second declension

1. Hephaestus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἥφαιστος; τοῦ Ἡφαίστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἥφαιστος ho Hḗphaistos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡφαίστου / Ἡφαίστοιο (Epic) toû Hēphaístou / Hēphaístoio (Epic)
Dative	τῷ Ἡφαίστῳ tôi Hēphaístōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἥφαιστον tòn Hḗphaiston
Vocative	Ἥφαιστε Hḗphaiste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἡφαίστεια (Hēphaísteia)
• ἡφαιστεῖον (hēphaisteîon)
• Ἡφαιστίων (Hēphaistíōn)
• Ἡφαιστότευκτος (Hēphaistóteuktos)

 

Descendants

• English: Hephaestus
• Greek: Ήφαιστος (Ífaistos)
• Latin: Hephaestus
  • Italian: Efesto
• Old Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʻestos)
  • Armenian: Հեփեստոս (Hepʻestos)
• → Russian: Гефе́ст (Gefést)

Further reading

• “Ἥφαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἥφαιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἥφαιστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἥφαιστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012