τίτανος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τέτανος (tétanos)

Etymology

Like most expressions for "chalk", the word must be a loan. A different hypothesis is offered by Reichelt, who connects Sanskrit श्वित्न (śvitna, “whitish”) and κίττανος (kíttanos, “dusty chalk”), as well as the toponyms Τιτάνη (Titánē) and Πιτάνη (Pitánē). However, given the variation ε/ι, the word is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tí.ta.nos/ → /ˈti.ta.nos/ → /ˈti.ta.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.ta.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ta.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ta.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ta.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ta.nos/

Noun

τῐ́τᾰνος • (títanos) f (genitive τῐτᾰ́νου); second declension

1. kind of white earth, probably gypsum
2. chalk, lime

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ τῐ́τᾰνος; τῆς τῐτᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῐ́τᾰνος hē títanos	τὼ τῐτᾰ́νω tṑ titánō	αἱ τῐ́τᾰνοι hai títanoi
Genitive	τῆς τῐτᾰ́νου tês titánou	τοῖν τῐτᾰ́νοιν toîn titánoin	τῶν τῐτᾰ́νων tôn titánōn
Dative	τῇ τῐτᾰ́νῳ têi titánōi	τοῖν τῐτᾰ́νοιν toîn titánoin	ταῖς τῐτᾰ́νοις taîs titánois
Accusative	τὴν τῐ́τᾰνον tḕn títanon	τὼ τῐτᾰ́νω tṑ titánō	τᾱ̀ς τῐτᾰ́νους tā̀s titánous
Vocative	τῐ́τᾰνε títane	τῐτᾰ́νω titánō	τῐ́τᾰνοι títanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τίτανις (títanis)
• τιτανωτός (titanōtós)

 

Further reading

• “τίτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τίτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τίτανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN