Middle English Dictionary Entry
tītanos n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tītanos n. Also titanus. |
| Etymology | L tītānis gypsum; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A name for magnesia, one of the two principal ingredients of the philosophers' stone.
Associated quotations
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1454 : Take the stoon that Titanos [vr. Tytanus] men name..Magnasia is the same.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1162 : Hire name is Magnesia..chawncers rehersith how titanos is þe same.