Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i,
I v. in the foll.), m., = Τιτάν.
A Son of Caelus 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.—
B 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. —
C Prometheus , as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,
II 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 Phoenix , 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.
α Latona , as daughter of the Titan Coeus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—
β Pyrrha , as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—
γ Diana , as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—
δ Circe , as daughter of Sol, Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —
B Tītānĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans , Titanic : dracones, sprung from the Titans’ blood , Ov. M. 7, 398. —
C 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.—
β Diana , Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys , as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.