Τιτάν

Etymology
Possibly from, which is an loan-word, or from , from , or from , from , respectively, as Hesiod attempts to explain. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. However, modern scholars doubt Hesiod's etymology.

Jane Ellen Harrison asserts that the word "Titan" comes from the Greek τίτανος, signifying white "earth, clay, or gypsum," and that the Titans were "white clay men", or men covered by white clay or gypsum dust in their rituals.

Proper noun

 * 1) one of the Titans in Greek mythology; a Titan
 * 2) Titan, another name for the mythological Greek god Helios

Proper noun

 * 1)   in the ancient fashion

Usage notes

 * Used especially for astronomy, for Titan, moon of Saturn
 * and for titles such as Mahler's 1st Symphony translated as «Τιτάν»