proper noun
Volcānus
Meaning
- Vulcan
Volcānus (less correctly Vulc-), i, m.
I. Lit., Vulcan, the fire-god, son of Jupiter and Juno, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55 sq.; 1, 30, 83; Caes. B. G. 6, 21; Hor. C. 1, 4, 8; 3, 4, 59; id. S. 1, 5, 74; Ov. M. 7, 437.—Hence,
A. Vol-cānĭus (Vulc-), a, um, adj., of or relating to Vulcan, Vulcanian: vis, i. e. fire, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 528, 10; so,
acies, a conflagration, Verg. A. 10, 408; and pestis, Sil. 14, 423: arma, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 33; cf.: munera, currus, Ov. M. 2, 106: Lemnos, sacred to Vulcan, id. ib. 13, 313: insulae, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55.—B. Volcānālis (Vulc-), e, adj., of or belonging to Vulcan:
flamen, Varr. L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.—As subst.: Vol-cānālĭa, ium, n. (sc. festa), the yearly festival of Vulcan, celebrated on the 23d of August, Varr. L. L. 6, § 20 Müll.; Col. 11, 3, 18; 11, 3, 47; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 489, 36; Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 260; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8.—II. Transf., fire:
Volcanum in cornu conclusum gerere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185: totis Volcanum spargere tectis, Verg. A. 7, 77; Ov. M. 7, 104; 9, 251.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Volcānus (Vulc-) ī, m
Vulcan, the fire-god, son of Jupiter and Juno, Cs., C., V., H., O.—Fire: totis Volcanum spargere tectis, V., O.
In English words that came into English from Volcānus
- volcanianVolcāniānus