Vulcanus

German

Alternative forms
  • Vulkanus (rarer spelling)
  • Vulkan (dated)

Etymology

From Latin Vulcanus. See Vulkan for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʊlˈkaːnʊs/

Proper noun

Vulcanus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Vulcanus' or Vulcanus)

  1. (mythology) Vulcan (Roman god of fire)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

"Extremely obscure", with many hypotheses; some speculate of borrowing from a Mediterranean language.[1]

A longstanding theory linking the name to the Biblical Tubal-cain (who bears uncanny similarity in characteristics and relations to Vulcan) has not been totally discounted. See further info, context and proposals at discussion on StackExchange.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈkaː.nus/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈkäːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈka.nus/, [vulˈkäːnus]

Proper noun

Vulcānus m (genitive Vulcānī); second declension

  1. The god of fire and metalworking, Vulcan

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Vulcānus Vulcānī
Genitive Vulcānī Vulcānōrum
Dative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
Accusative Vulcānum Vulcānōs
Ablative Vulcānō Vulcānīs
Vocative Vulcāne Vulcānī

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):

“volcano” (named for the island of Vulcano):

  • Italian: vulcano (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: vurcanu (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “Vulcanus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 825

Further reading
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