colossi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Colossus, Colossi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Colossus of Rhodes (colossal statue in harbor); any large statue (Emperor);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →Colossos, Colossi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Colossus of Rhodes (colossal statue in harbor); any large statue (Emperor);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...soleas subripit ipse suas. Summa Palatini poteras aequare Colossi, si fieres breuior, Claudia, sesquipede. Liuet Charinus, rumpitur, furit..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fulget imago ducis. Nec te detineat miri radiata colossi quae Rhodium moles uincere gaudet opus. Flecte uias..."- G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...poetas, nec non et artifices, Coae Veneris, item Colossi refectorem, insigni congiario magnaque mercede donavit; mechanico quoque, grandis..."
