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A.Word.A.Day--titan Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio Titan (TYT-n) noun 1. In Greek mythology one of a family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaea, who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus. 2. titan. A person of colossal size, strength, or achievement. 3. The largest satellite of Saturn and the 14th in distance from the planet. It is the second largest satellite in the solar system. [Middle English, Helios, from Latin Titan, from Greek Titan.] "Today they have the look of fossilized reactionaries, but these turn-of-the-century titans were men who lived in booming, anarchic times and thrived on them." Ron Chernow, TIME 100: Blessed Barons Rapacious?, Time, 7 Dec 1998. This week's theme: words from Greek and Roman mythologies. X-Bonus Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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