Τῑτάν, ᾶνος, ;
mostly plural Τῑτᾶνες, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect Τῑτῆνες, οἱ:— the Titans, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.279, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 335, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 630, +others, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus in “PSI” 11. 1212.11, 19, etc.; Τ. Προμηθεύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 56, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1122 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Atlas, uncertain in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 427 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Sun-god, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 38, compare 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 217, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 512 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Apollo, [[ “IG” 12(5).893.1 (Tenos, uncertain reading), 9(1).882.4 (Corc.), “Schwyzer” 649.8 (from Balbilla). ] Refs]
__II τιτάν· παιδεραστής, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III a kind of comet, [[ 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.24 (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” p.169). (Derived by 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 207ff partly from τιταίνω] Refs 8th c.BC+] (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 [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 57, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.996c, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, in modified form. Perh. really connected with τίταξ ={βασιλεύς}, and τιτήνη] Refs 1st c.AD+] ={βασιλίς} in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) ] Refs 5th c.AD+]