Ήφαιστος — meaning in English
Ifaistos
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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
- noun In fiction, a member of a logical, emotionally restrained alien species from the Star Trek universe.
- noun A person who seems unusually unemotional, logical, or analytical.
- noun A blacksmith or metalworker, an old and now rare usage.