Τιτάν

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from τίτο (títo, sun, day), which is an Anatolian loan-word, or from τιταίνω (titaínō, to stretch, to extend), from τείνω (teínō), or from τίσις (tísis, retribution), from τίνω (tínō, to pay a price as a penalty, expiate), respectively, as Hesiod attempts to explain. Compare Doric Greek τίτας (títas), Ionic Greek τίτης (títēs, avenger, punisher). However, modern scholars doubt Hesiod's etymology.

Jane Ellen Harrison asserts that the word "Titan" comes from the Greek τίτανος, signifying white "earth, clay, or gypsum," and that the Titans were "white clay men", or men covered by white clay or gypsum dust in their rituals.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́nm (genitive Τῑτᾶνος); third declension

  1. one of the Titans in Greek mythology; a Titan
  2. Titan, another name for the mythological Greek god Helios

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Τιτάν (Titán)
  • Latin: Tītān

References

  1. ^ This spelling, which has a numeric value of 666, is attested in St. Irenaeus's Against the Heresies, book V, chapter xxx, section 3.

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
  • Hyphenation: Τι‧τάν

Proper noun

Τιτάν (Titánm

  1. (formal) Alternative form of Τιτάνας (Titánas) in the ancient fashion

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