colossus
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);
nom. sg.
Examples
de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...opus. II Hic ubi sidereus propius uidet astra colossus et crescunt media pegmata celsa uia, inuidiosa feri radiabant..."- L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...magnus pumilio licet in monte constiterit; colossus magnitudinem suam servabit etiam si steterit in puteo. Hoc laboramus errore..."