Τίτανος

gypsum, lime

Translated by David Whitehead6 Dec 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

12 words

[Meaning] burned stone, or asbestos; titanos [is] feminine, but occasionally [also] masculine.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τίτανος· ἡ κεκαυμένη λίθος, ἡ ἄσβεστος· θηλυκὸν δὲ ἡ τίτανος· σπάνιον δὲ ἀρσενικῶς.

Betacode

*ti/tanos: h( kekaume/nh li/qos, h( a)/sbestos: qhluko\n de\ h( ti/tanos: spa/nion de\ a)rsenikw=s.

Notes

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV (but added in the margin of A).
cf. tau 678.

Linked from1 entry

τ678Τίτανονgypsum, lime[Meaning] white, or chalky, dust. Burned stone, which formerly they [used to call] ti/tanos, but now they call asbestos.

Neighbouring entries

τ677Τιτανίδα γῆνTitanic land; land of Titans τ678Τίτανονgypsum, lime τ679Τίτανοςgypsum, lime τ680Τιτανῶδες βλέπεινto glance in a Titanic manner τ681ΤιταρήσιονTitaresion, Titaresium

Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Jan 2014

13 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
8 Dec 2013x-ref — David Whitehead
7 Dec 2013set status — Catharine Roth
6 Dec 2013Translated — David Whitehead