gigas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Gigas, Gigantis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
giant; Giant; the Giants (pl.); (race defeated by the Olympians);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...abrupti lapis aut totus Othrys, non truci rictu gigas Pindo cadauer obruit toto meum: sine hoste uincor, quodque..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...silvis sese gregibusque ferebat saevus in antra gigas, quem nec sua turba tuendo it taciti secura metus. mortalia..."
