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..."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..."