Τιτάν
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tiː.tǎːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
Proper noun edit
Τῑτᾱ́ν • (Tītā́n) m (genitive Τῑτᾶνος); third declension
- one of the Titans in Greek mythology; a Titan
- Titan, another name for the mythological Greek god Helios
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν ho Tītā́n |
τὼ Τῑτᾶνε tṑ Tītâne |
οἱ Τῑτᾶνες hoi Tītânes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Τῑτᾶνος toû Tītânos |
τοῖν Τῑτᾱ́νοιν toîn Tītā́noin |
τῶν Τῑτᾱ́νων tôn Tītā́nōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Τῑτᾶνῐ tôi Tītâni |
τοῖν Τῑτᾱ́νοιν toîn Tītā́noin |
τοῖς Τῑτᾶσῐ / Τῑτᾶσῐν toîs Tītâsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Τῑτᾶνᾰ tòn Tītâna |
τὼ Τῑτᾶνε tṑ Tītâne |
τοὺς Τῑτᾶνᾰς toùs Tītânas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Τῑτᾱ́ν Tītā́n |
Τῑτᾶνε Tītâne |
Τῑτᾶνες Tītânes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Τῑτᾱνῐ́ς (Tītānís)
- Τῑτᾱνῐκός (Tītānikós)
- Τῑτᾱνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Tītānomakhíā)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Τιτάν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Τιτάν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028
- Τιτάν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ^ 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 edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Τιτάν • (Titán) m
Usage notes edit
- Used especially for astronomy, for Titan, moon of Saturn
- and for titles such as Mahler's 1st Symphony translated as «Τιτάν»