A.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 . ζ ῶσ α ” Aët.1.393; ο ἴκ ο υ τ ὴν ἐκ τ ῆς τ . δ ι α σ ῴζοντος ποιότητα (a cause of insanity) Gal.16.531; “τ . ὕδατι βραχεῖσ α ” Id.18(2).202; “λ α β ὼν τ . θ ε ρ μ ὴν φύρασον ὄξ ε ι ” 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 Thessalian placename Τίτανος, cf. “Τιτάνοιό τ ε λ ε υ κ ὰ κάρηνα” Il.2.735, not conversely as Sch.Il.l.c.)
τίτα^νος [ι ^], also τέτανος , Hsch., ἡ,