Γίγας [ῐ], αντος, ὁ,
mostly in plural, “Giants”, ὑπέρθυμοι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.59; Κύκλωπές τε καὶ ἄγρια φῦλα Γιγάντων [prev. work] 206; οὐκ ἄνδρεσσιν ἐοικότες ἀλλὰ Γίγασιν 10.120; γ. γηγενέται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 185, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 128 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Capaneus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 424. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, mighty [[(γίγαντος· μεγάλου, ἰσχυροῦ, ὑπερφυοῦς, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), Ζεφύρου γίγαντος αὔρᾳ [prev. author] “Ag.” 692 (Lyric poetry), cf. Eurytus (“PLG” 3.639). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]