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

(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 • (tĭ́tănos) f (genitive τῐτᾰ́νου); second declension

kind of white earth, probably gypsum
chalk, lime

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ τῐ́τᾰνος; τῆς τῐτᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῐ́τᾰνος hē tĭ́tănos	τὼ τῐτᾰ́νω tṑ tĭtắnō	αἱ τῐ́τᾰνοι hai tĭ́tănoi
Genitive	τῆς τῐτᾰ́νου tês tĭtắnou	τοῖν τῐτᾰ́νοιν toîn tĭtắnoin	τῶν τῐτᾰ́νων tôn tĭtắnōn
Dative	τῇ τῐτᾰ́νῳ tēî tĭtắnōi	τοῖν τῐτᾰ́νοιν toîn tĭtắnoin	ταῖς τῐτᾰ́νοις taîs tĭtắnois
Accusative	τὴν τῐ́τᾰνον tḕn tĭ́tănon	τὼ τῐτᾰ́νω tṑ tĭtắnō	τᾱ̀ς τῐτᾰ́νους tā̀s tĭtắnous
Vocative	τῐ́τᾰνε tĭ́tăne	τῐτᾰ́νω tĭtắnō	τῐ́τᾰνοι tĭ́tănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τίτανις (títanis)
τιτανωτός (titanōtós)