colossoe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Colossos, Colossi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Colossus of Rhodes (colossal statue in harbor); any large statue (Emperor);
nom. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...personam Melanippes, et de marmoreo citharam suspende colosso. quid, Catilina, tuis natalibus atque Cethegi inueniet quisquam sublimius? arma..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...pariter gestamina mensae fingere et ingentes animo versare colossos! tale nec Idaeis quicquam Telchines in antris nec stolidus..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ECVS MAXIMVS DOMITIANI IMP. Quae superinposito moles geminata colosso stat Latium complexa forum? caelone peractum fluxit opus? Siculis..."