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Hephæstus

Hephæstus is the archaic spelling of Hephaestus.

Meaning of Hephaestus

Proper noun

Hephaestus

  1. (Greek) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

Words formed from Hephæstus

  • Hephæstian
  • Hephæstic

Questions about Hephæstus

What is Hephæstus the archaic spelling of?
Hephæstus is the archaic spelling of Hephaestus.

Words near Hephæstus in the dictionary

  1. hephthemimer
  2. hephthemimeral
  3. hephthemimers
  4. Hephzibah
  5. Hephæstos
  6. Hephæstus
  7. hepialid
  8. hepialids
  9. Heping
  10. Hepler
  11. Heplers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hephæstus (page history and authors); Hephaestus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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