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Ήφαιστος — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Hephaestus noun In Greek mythology, the god of fire, metalworking, and craftsmen, who forged weapons and tools for the other gods.
  • Vulcan noun In fiction, a member of a logical, emotionally restrained alien species from the Star Trek universe.

Senses

Ήφαιστος is used for these senses in English:

  • Hephaestus (Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.
  • Vulcan (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun.

Vulcan — full definition

  1. noun In fiction, a member of a logical, emotionally restrained alien species from the Star Trek universe.
  2. noun A person who seems unusually unemotional, logical, or analytical.
  3. noun A blacksmith or metalworker, an old and now rare usage.

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