colosson
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);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...triplici sparsus ante equos omnis aedemque Martis et colosson Augusti curris per omnis tertiasque quintasque. Rape, congere, aufer..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...axibus esse potes. Hac tu credideris longum ratione colosson et puerum Bruti dixeris esse breuem. Disce quod ignoras..."
