Τῑτάν,ᾶνος , ὁ; mostly pl.Τῑτᾶνες, Ep. and Ion.
Τῑτῆνες, οἱ:—
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 ofcomet, Heph.Astr. 1.24 ( Lyd. Ost. p.169 ). (Derived by Hes. Th. 207 sqq. partly fromτιταίνω(the Strivers), partly from the root ofτίσις(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 withτίταξ
= βασιλεύς , andτιτήνη
= βασιλίς in Hsch. )