Mulciber

Mulciber

Latin

Etymology

From mulceō (“I soften”), referring to what an ironsmith does to metal.

Proper noun

Mulciber m (variously declined, genitive Mulcibēris or Mulciberī); second declension, third declension

1. Vulcan

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er. Case Singular Nominative Mulciber Genitive Mulciberī Dative Mulciberō Accusative Mulciberum Ablative Mulciberō Vocative Mulciber

Third declension. Case Singular Nominative Mulciber Genitive Mulcibēris Dative Mulcibērī Accusative Mulcibērem Ablative Mulcibēre Vocative Mulciber

References

• Mulciber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mulciber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Mulciber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette