noun #3055

Tītan

gen. Tītānis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

(collat. form

v. in the foll.), m., = Τιτάν.

Son of Cœlus and Vesta; elder brother of Saturn; and ancestor of the Titans •

Son of Cœlus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus: quasi Titani cum dis belligerem? Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26.—Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.—Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.—Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101.—

A grandson of the above; son of Hyperion; the Sun-god

A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —

Prometheus

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

belonging to Titan; the Titans; Titanian •

Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian: pubes, Fulmine dejecti, i. e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580: bella, i. e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725: antra, Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phœnix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.

Latona

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

belonging to Titan; the Titans; Titanic

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

adj. f; Titanic; Circe •

Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic: pugna, of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132: Circe, as daughter of Sol, Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—

Diana; Tethys

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Perseus ID: n48427 Key: Titan