his son Prometheus

Prŏmētheus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., =Promêtheus (the Forethinker), a son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother of Epimetheus, and father of Deucalion. He formed men of clay, and animated them by means of fire brought from heaven;

for which he was fastened to Caucasus, where a vulture, or, as some say, an eagle, fed upon his entrails, until, at last, it was slain by Hercules,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 16, 13; Ov. M. 1, 82; Hyg. Fab. 54; 144; Verg. E. 6, 42; Prop. 3, 3, 29 (4, 4, 7); Mart. 11, 85, 9; Stat. Th. 11, 478; Lact. 2, 10, 5.— Poet., transf., of a skilful potter, Juv. 4, 133.—Hence,

Prŏmēthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prometheus, Promethean:

juga,

i. e. the Caucasus, Prop. 1, 12, 10;

also called rupes,

Mart. 9, 46, 3:

fibra,

of Prometheus, Val. Fl. 7, 356:

creta, Col. poët. 10, 59: lutum,

Mart. 10, 39, 4:

cruor,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 40:

manus,

Stat. Th. 8, 305.—

Prŏmēthĭădes, ae, m. patron., the son of Prometheus, Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 390.

gĕnus, ĕris, n. [= genos, root GEN, gigno, gens], birth, descent, origin; and concr., a race, stock, etc. (cf.: familia, gens, stirps).

Lit.

In gen.: bono genere gnati, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; cf.:

ii, qui nobili genere nati sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

amplissimo genere natus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 4:

genere regio natus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 33:

C. Laelius, cum ei quidam malo genere natus diceret, indignum esse suis majoribus, at hercule, inquit, tu tuis dignus,

id. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

genere et nobilitate et pecunia sui municipii facile primus,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:

esse genere divino,

id. Rep. 2, 2:

contempsisti L. Murenae genus, extulisti tuum,

id. Mur. 7, 15:

hic sacra, hic genus, hic majorum multa vestigia,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 58, 212; id. Rep. 1, 18:

adulescens, cujus spei nihil praeter genus patricium deesset,

Liv. 6, 34, 11:

in famam generis ac familiae,

Quint. 3, 11, 12; 5, 10, 24:

genus Lentulorum,

id. 6, 3, 67:

Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini,

Verg. A. 5, 568:

fortuna non mutat genus,

Hor. Epod. 4, 6:

virginem plebei generis petiere juvenes, alter virgini genere par, alter, etc.,

Liv. 4, 9, 4:

qui sibi falsum nomen imposuerit, genus parentesve finxerit, etc.,

Plaut. Sent. 5, 25, 11.— Plur.:

summis gnati generibus,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 20.—

In partic., birth, for high or noble birth (mostly poet.):

cum certi propter divitias aut genus aut aliquas opes rem publicam tenent, est factio,

Cic. Rep. 3, 14: pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.):

et genus et virtus, nisi cum re vilior alga est,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 8; cf.:

et genus et formam regina pecunia donat,

id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas,

id. C. 4, 7, 23:

jactes et genus et nomen inutile,

id. ib. 1, 14, 13; cf.:

cui genus et quondam nomen natique fuissent,

Verg. A. 5, 621:

nunc jam nobis patribus vobisque plebei promiscuus consulatus patet, nec generis, ut ante, sed virtutis est praemium,

Liv. 7, 32, 14; cf. id. 4, 4, 7.

Transf.

Like gens and stirps, a descendant, offspring, child; and collect., descendants, posterity, race ( poet.): neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.):

credo equidem, genus esse deorum,

Verg. A. 4, 12:

Uraniae genus, Hymen,

i. e. her son, Cat. 61, 2:

audax Iapeti,

i. e. his son Prometheus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 27:

Jovis,

i. e. Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 609; cf. also Prop. 2, 2, 9; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18:

genus Adrasti,

i. e. Diomede, grandson of Adrastus, Ov. F. 6, 433;

so of a grandson,

id. M. 2, 743; cf.

nepotum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 4:

Tantali genus,

id. ib. 2, 18, 37:

Danai,

id. ib. 2, 14, 18:

Messi clarum genus Osci,

id. S. 1, 5, 54:

ab alto Demissum genus Aenea,

i. e. Octavianus, as the adopted son of Julius Cœsar, id. ib. 2, 5, 63:

sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor,

i. e. the Romans, id. C. 1, 2, 35; cf. ib. 3, 6, 18:

regium genus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 15. —

Of an assemblage of objects (persons, animals, plants, inanimate or abstract things) which are related or belong together in consequence of a resemblance in natural qualities; a race, stock, class, sort, species, kind (in this signif. most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).

In gen.

Of living things: ne genus humanum temporis longinquitate occideret, propter hoc marem cum femina esse coniunctum, Cic. ap. Col. 12, 1 (Fragm. Cic. 1, 5 Baiter):

quod ex infinita societate generis humani ita contracta res est, etc.,

of the human race, Cic. Lael. 5, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 2 fin.:

o deorum quicquid in caelo regit Terras et humanum genus,

Hor. Epod. 5, 2;

for which: consulere generi hominum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12; cf.:

cum omni hominum genere,

id. ib. 2, 26; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

solivagum genus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 25: potens vir cum inter sui corporis homines tum etiam ad plebem, quod haudquaquam inter id genus contemptor ejus habebatur, i. e. among the Plebeians, Liv. 6, 34, 5: Graium genus, the Grecian race, Enn. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31 (Ann. v. 149 Vahl.):

virtus est propria Romani generis atque seminis,

Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 86:

Ubii, paulo quam sunt ejusdem generis et ceteris humaniores,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 3; cf.

also: impellit alios (Aeduos) iracundia et temeritas, quae maxime illi hominum generi est innata,

race of men, id. ib. 7, 42, 2; so, like gens, of nations, peoples, tribes: ferox, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arus. Mess. s. v. insolens, p. 241 Lind. (Hist. 1, 14 Gerl.); Liv. 34, 7, 6:

implacidum (Genauni),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 10:

durum ac velox (Ligures),

Flor. 2, 3, 4:

omne in paludes diffugerat,

id. 3, 10, 14:

Graecorum,

Cic. Fl. 4, 9:

Numidarum,

Liv. 30, 12, 18:

genus omne nomenque Macedonum,

id. 13, 44, 6; Nep. Reg. 2:

Italici generis multi mortales,

Sall. J. 47, 1:

Illyriorum,

Liv. 27, 32, 4; 27, 48, 10; 42, 47 fin.:

Scytharum,

Just. 2, 3, 16; Tac. H. 2, 4; Suet. Ner. 37; Vell. 2, 118, 1.—In plur.:

conventus is, qui ex variis generibus constaret,

Caes. B. C. 2, 36, 1:

olim isti fuit generi quondam quaestus apud saeclum prius... est genus hominum, qui se primos esse omnium rerum volunt,

class of men, profession, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 15 and 17:

firmi et stabiles et constantes (amici), cujus generis est magna penuria,

Cic. Lael. 17, 62:

saepius genus ejus hominis (sc. procuratoris rei publicae) erit in reliqua nobis oratione tractandum,

id. Rep. 2, 29 fin.; cf.:

genus aliud tyrannorum,

id. ib. 1, 44:

judicum genus et forma,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13:

istius generis asoti,

id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; cf.:

omnium ejus generis poëtarum haud dubie proximus,

Quint. 10, 1, 85:

liberrimum hominum,

id. 10, 12, 2, § 22:

irritabile vatum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 102:

hoc omne (ambubajarum, etc.),

id. S. 1, 2, 2:

hominum virile, muliebre,

Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35:

equidem fabulam et fictam rem ducebam esse, virorum omne genus in aliqua insula conjuratione muliebri ab stirpe sublatum esse,

Liv. 34, 2, 3:

cedat consulari generi praetorium,

Cic. Planc. 6, 15:

ad militare genus = ad milites,

Liv. 24, 32, 2:

alia militaris generis turba,

id. 44, 45, 13:

castellani, agreste genus,

id. 34, 27, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.— Sing. with plur. predicate:

Ministrantibus sibi omni genere turpium personarum,

Capitol. Ver. 4.—In plur.:

eorum hominum... genera sunt duo,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 1:

tria auditorum,

Quint. 3, 4, 6.— Repeated in the relative-clause:

duo genera semper in hac civitate fuerunt... quibus ex generibus,

Cic. Sest. 45, 96.—In the acc., of description (v. Roby's Gram. 2, p. 42 sq.):

quot et quod genus pastores habendi,

of what kind, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1:

quod genus ii sunt, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 30, 48; cf. in the foll.—

Of animals, plants, etc.: genus altivolantum, the race of birds, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 84 Vahl.); cf.: genu' pennis condecoratum, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59:

lanigerum, id. Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Cyprio, p. 59 Müll.: squamigerum,

Lucr. 1, 162; cf.

piscium,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 9:

silvestre,

Lucr. 5, 1411:

omne ferarum,

id. 5, 1338:

acre leonum,

id. 5, 862:

malefici generis plurima animalia,

Sall. J. 17, 6:

diversum confusa genus panthera camelo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 195:

animantūm propagare genus,

to propagate the race, Lucr. 1, 195:

ad genus faciendum,

Just. 2, 9 fin.:

juxta genus suum,

Vulg. Gen. 1, 11 saep.— Plur.:

quae vero et quam varia genera bestiarum vel cicurum vel ferarum!

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

piscium genera,

Quint. 5, 10, 21.—In the acc., of description:

porticus avibus omne genus oppletae,

Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11:

pascuntur omne genus objecto frumento,

id. ib. 3, 6:

boves et id genus pecua,

App. M. 2, p. 115, 4; id. Flor. p. 37. —

Of inanim. and abstr. things, kind, sort, description, class, order, character:

genus ullum materiaï,

Lucr. 2, 304:

cum is (sol) quoque efficiat, ut omnia floreant et in suo quaeque genere pubescant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41:

naves omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 2:

cibi genus,

id. ib. 4, 1, 9:

cum omni genere commeatus,

Liv. 30, 36, 2:

frugum,

id. 38, 15, 9:

hoc sphaerae genus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14:

hoc triplex rerum publicarum genus,

id. ib. 2, 23:

regale civitatis,

id. ib.; cf.:

totum regiae civitatis,

id. ib. 2, 29:

novum imperii,

id. ib. 2, 32:

ipsum istud genus orationis exspecto,

id. ib. 1, 24 fin.; cf.: dulce orationis, id. Or. 13, 42:

qua re esset hoc bellum genere ipso necessarium,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 27; cf.:

genus hoc erat pugnae, quo, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 4:

potestas annua (consulum) genere ipso ac jure regia,

Cic. Rep. 2, 32:

genus vitae... genus aetatis,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

optimum emendandi,

Quint. 10, 4, 2:

dicendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 56; 12, 10, 69:

simplex rectumque loquendi,

id. 9, 3, 3:

omnis generis tormenta,

Liv. 32, 16, 10:

praeda ingens omnis generis,

id. 27, 5, 9; so,

omnis generis, with tela,

id. 38, 26, 4;

with naves,

id. 34, 8, 5;

with eloquentia,

id. 39, 40, 7, etc.—Repeated in the relative-clause:

erat haec (ratio) ex eodem genere, quod ego maxime genus ex sociorum litteris reperire cupiebam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183.—In plur.:

Caesar haec genera munitionis instituit,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 1:

disserere de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 26;

28: genera juris institutorum, morum consuetudinumque describere,

id. ib. 3, 10:

genera furandi,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 18.—In the acc., of description: omne, hoc, id, quod genus, for omnis, ejus, hujus, cujus generis, of every, of this, of which kind:

sub urbe hortum omne genus, coronamenta omne genus,

Cato, R. R. 8, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1:

omne genus simulacra feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 735:

si hoc genus rebus non proficitur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 23; id. L. L. 9, § 110 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 917 and Hor. S. 2, 6, 44:

in id genus verbis,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 79; 8, 7, 108, § 17:

in id genus libris,

Gell. 3, 8, 1:

scis me ante orationes aut aliquid id genus solitum scribere,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 3:

vitanda sunt illa, quae propinqua videntur: quod genus, fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia, etc.,

for example, id. Inv. 2, 54, 165; so ib. 2, 52, 157; 2, 54, 162; 2, 57, 172; Lucr. 4, 271; 6, 1058:

lege jus est id quod populi jussu sanctum est, quod genus: ut in jus eas cum voceris,

Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; cf.

ib. sqq.— In gen.: i. q. res or aliquid: ut in omni genere hujus populi (Graeci) consuetudinem videretur imitatus,

in all respects, in everything, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; cf.:

innumerabiles res sunt, in quibus te quotidie in omni genere desiderem,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

incredibile est, quam me in omni genere delectarit,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

medici assiduitas et tota domus in omni genere diligens,

id. ib. 12, 33, 2;

7, 1, 2: qui in aliquo genere aut inconcinnus aut multus est, is ineptus dicitur,

in any respect whatever, id. de Or. 2, 4, 17:

qua de re et de hoc genere toto pauca cognosce,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4.—Adverb.: in genus, in general, generally:

sermones in genus communes,

Gell. 4, 1 fin. —

In partic.

In philos. lang., opp. partes, and comprising them within itself, a general term, logical genus:

genus est id, quod sui similes communione quadam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189; cf.: genus est, quod plures partes amplectitur, ut animal;

pars est, quae subest generi, ut equus. Sed saepe eadem res alii genus, alii pars est: nam homo animalis pars est, Thebani aut Trojani genus,

id. de Inv. 1, 22, 32: genus est, quod partes aliquas amplectitur, ut cupiditas;

pars est, quae subest generi, ut cupiditati amor, avaritia,

id. ib. 1, 28, 42; cf.

also: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec vero sine philosophorum disciplina genus et speciem cujusque rei cernere neque eam definiendo explicare nec tribuere in partes possumus, etc.,

id. Or. 4, 16; cf. ib. 33, 117:

formae dicendi specie dispares, genere laudabiles,

id. de Or. 3, 9, 34:

perturbationes sunt genere quatuor, partibus plures,

id. Tusc. 3, 11, 24; cf. ib. 5, 25, 71:

et conjuncta quaeremus, et genera et partes generibus subjectas, et similitudines, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 166;

opp. species and pars,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3.—

In gram., gender: transversi sunt (ordines) qui ab recto casu obliqui declinantur, ut albus, albi, albo;

directi sunt, qui ab recto casu in rectos declinantur, ut albus, alba, album. Transversorum ordinum partes appellantur casus, directorum genera: utrisque inter se implicatis forma,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 22 Müll.:

quod ad verborum temporalium rationem attinet, cum partes sint quatuor: temporum, personarum, generum, divisionum, etc.,

ib. 9, § 95:

in nominibus tria genera,

Quint. 1, 4, 23:

barbarismum fieri per numeros aut genera,

id. 1, 5, [p. 811] 16;

9, 3, 6: in verbis quoque quis est adeo imperitus, ut ignoret genera et qualitates, etc.,

id. 1, 4, 27.

gĕnus, ūs, v. genu.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m., = Titan.

Son of Cœlus 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.—

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. —

Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,

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 Phœnix, 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.

Latona, as daughter of the Titan Cœus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—

Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—

Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—

Circe, as daughter of Sol. Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —

Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans ' blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —

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.—

Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Prŏmētheus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., =Promêtheus (the Forethinker), a son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother of Epimetheus, and father of Deucalion. He formed men of clay, and animated them by means of fire brought from heaven;

for which he was fastened to Caucasus, where a vulture, or, as some say, an eagle, fed upon his entrails, until, at last, it was slain by Hercules,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 16, 13; Ov. M. 1, 82; Hyg. Fab. 54; 144; Verg. E. 6, 42; Prop. 3, 3, 29 (4, 4, 7); Mart. 11, 85, 9; Stat. Th. 11, 478; Lact. 2, 10, 5.— Poet., transf., of a skilful potter, Juv. 4, 133.—Hence,

Prŏmēthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Prometheus, Promethean:

juga,

i. e. the Caucasus, Prop. 1, 12, 10;

also called rupes,

Mart. 9, 46, 3:

fibra,

of Prometheus, Val. Fl. 7, 356:

creta, Col. poët. 10, 59: lutum,

Mart. 10, 39, 4:

cruor,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 40:

manus,

Stat. Th. 8, 305.—

Prŏmēthĭădes, ae, m. patron., the son of Prometheus, Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 390.