Τιτάν

A. the Titans, Il. 14.279, h.Ap. 335, Hes. Th. 630, al., Cratin. in PSI 11. 1212.11,19, etc.; Τ. Προμηθεύς S. OC 56, E. Ph. 1122; of Atlas, dub. in A. Pr. 427 (lyr.); of the Sun-god, Emp. 38, cf. Ezek. Exag. 217, Orph. A. 512; of Apollo, IG 12(5).893.1 (Tenos, dub. l.), 9(1).882.4 (Corc.), Schwyzer 649.8 (Balbilla).

II. τιτάν· παιδεραστής, Hsch.

III. a kind of comet, Heph.Astr. 1.24 (Lyd. Ost. p.169). (Derived by Hes. Th. 207 sqq. partly from τιταίνω (the Strivers), partly from the root of τίσις(Οὐρανὸς . . φάσκε δὲ τιταίνοντας ἀτασθαλίῃ μέγα ῥέξαι ἔργον, τοῖο δ’ ἔπειτα τίσιν μετόπισθεν ἔσεσθαι); the latter derivation also in Orph. Fr. 57, Plu. 2.996c, Hsch., in modified form. Perh. really connected with τίταξ = βασιλεύς, and τιτήνη = βασιλίς in Hsch.)