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
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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..."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..."