ᾶνος (ὁ) [ῑ] un Titan, plur. οἱ Τιτᾶνες, les Titans, géants, fils d’Ouranos et de Gæa, IL. 8, 481, etc. ; HH. Ap. 336 ; HÉS. Th. 133, 207, 616, etc. ; ESCHL. Pr. 227 ; SOPH. O.C. 56 ; EUR. Ph. 1122, etc.

➳ Ion. Τιτήν, NONN. D. 2, 544, etc. ; plur. Τιτῆνες, etc. ORPH. H. 37, 1 ; dat. épq. et ion. Τιτήνεσσιν, HÉS. Th. 650, 674, 882, etc.

Étym. inconnue.

s. LGPN

ᾶνος, ὁ ; mostly pl. Τιτᾶνες, Ep. and Ion. Τιτῆνες, οἱ : — the Titans, Il. 14.279, h.Ap. 335, Hes. Th. 630, al., Cratin. in PSI 11.1212.11, 19, etc. ; Τ. Προμηθεύς S. OC 56, E. Ph. 1122; of Atlas, dub. in A. Pr. 427 (lyr.); of the Sun-god, Emp. 38, cf. Ezek. Exag. 217, Orph. A. 512; of Apollo, IG 12(5).893.1 (Tenos, dub.l.), 9 (1).882.4 (Corc.), Schwyzer 649.8 (Balbilla). τιτάν· παιδεραστής, Hsch. a kind of comet, Heph.Astr. 1.24 (Lyd. Ost. p. 169). (Derived by Hes. Th. 207 sqq. partly from τιταίνω (the Strivers), partly from the root of τίσις (Οὐρανὸς… φάσκε δὲ τιταίνοντας ἀτασθαλίῃ μέγα ῥέξαι ἔργον, τοῖο δ’ ἔπειτα τίσιν μετόπισθεν ἔσεσθαι); the latter derivation also in Orph. Fr. 57, Plu. 2.996c, Hsch., in modified form. Perh. really connected with τίταξ = βασιλεύς, and τιτήνη = βασιλίς in Hsch.)

the Titans , a race of gods placed beneath Tartarus, [Iliad by Homer (8th/7th c.BC)] (where two are named—;Iapetus and Cronus), accusative to [Hesiod (8th/7th c.BC)], six sons and six daughters of Uranus and Gaia; hurled from Olympus into nether darkness, [Hesiod (8th/7th c.BC)]: other names are given by later Poets, as Atlas, [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th/5th c.BC)]; Prometheus, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; Θέμις [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th/5th c.BC)]; and in Lat. Poets Titan is the Sun-god.
The oldest derivation of the name is given in [Hesiod (8th/7th c.BC)], the stretchers, strivers; others connect it with τίτας (from τίνω); avengers. (ML)