κολοσσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ, v. infr.), κολοττ- <span class="bibl">D.S.1.67</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">colossus, gigantic statue</b>, in Hdt. always of Egyptian works, <span class="bibl">2.130</span>, al.; of other <b class="b2">colossal statues</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>128</span>, <span class="bibl">Sopat.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.16.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>34.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.66.15</span>; ὁ κ. ὁ ἡμαρτημένος Longin.36.3; dub. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.577, 12(3).1015. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">statue</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>416</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 89.17 (Argos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.47</span>; of small <b class="b2">images</b>, <b class="b3">κολοσὸς</b> (acc. pl.), . . ἔρσενα καὶ θήλειαν ἢ καλίνος ἢ γαίνος <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.167 (Cyrene): also fem., <b class="b3">τὰς κ</b>. ibid.</span>