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Τίτανος

titanos

chalk, plaster, crayon, marble-scrapings

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1. τίτανος · titanos — Beekes

τίτανος [f.] ‘chalk, plaster, crayon, marble-scrapings’ (Hes. Sc. 141, Arist., Str., medic.). °VAR In H.: titavog and τέτανος: κονία, χρίσμα, ἄσβεστος “dust, plaster, unslaked lime’. *DER τίτανις [f.] (medic.); τιτανωτὴ χρόα: γυψωτὴ ἢ λευκόχροος ‘of pale complexion’, τιτανωμένας’ γεγυψωμένας ‘rubbed with chalk’ (Η.. *ETYM Like most expressions for ‘chalk’, the word must be a loan. A different hypothesis is … — [Beekes, s.v. τίτανος, p. 1539]

2. τίτανος · titanos — Frisk

τίτανος f. ‘Kalk, Gips, Kreide, Marmorabfall’ (Hes. Sc. 141, Arist., Str., Mediz. u.a.); auch τίτανις f. (Mediz.); tiravos und τέτανος" κονία, χρίσμα, ἄσβεστος H. Davon τιτανωτὴ χρόα" γυψωτὴ ἢ λευκόχροος, τιτανωμένας" γεγυψωμένας H. — Technisches Wort unbekannten Ursprungs, ohne Zweifel LW wie die Mehrzahl der Ausdrücke für ‘Kalk’ u.ä. (Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1,552). Hypothese von Reichelt IF 40,47 (zustimmend … — [Frisk, s.v. τίτανος, p. 1876]

3. τίτᾰνος · titanos — LSJ

a white earth, gypsum, chalk, lime, tetanos, = galbanus, marble-scrapings

a white earth, prob. gypsum, Hes. Sc. 141, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 62, Alex. 21: also, chalk, lime, Arist. Mete. 383b8, 389a28; mixed with χάλιξ, Str. 5.4.6; τ. ἐσβεσμένη Aret. CA 2.3; opp. τ. ζῶσα Aët. 1.393; οἴκου τὴν ἐκ τῆς τ. διασῴζοντος ποιότητα (a cause of insanity) Gal. 16.531; τ. ὕδατι βραχεῖσα Id. 18(2).202; λαβὼν τ. θερμὴν φύρασον ὄξει PHolm. 4.9: meaning indeterm. in Poll. 7.124; τ. μέλαινα Hippiatr. 80; tetanos, = galbanus, Gloss.: also, marble-scrapings, Luc. Somn. 6. (Perh. from the Thes

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Τίτανος (scan p. 1539; entry #6084).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Τίτανος (scan p. 1876; entry #5682).

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