colossus
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏlossus: i, m., = κολοσσός,
I a gigantic statue, a colossus, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 128; Suet. Ner. 31; Stat. S. 1, 3, 51.—In partic., the celebrated Colossus at Rhodes; it was dedicated to the sun, and was 70 ells high, Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; Suet. Vesp. 18; Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 2 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cŏlossus,¹⁴ a, um, colossal, gigantesque : Spart. Hel. 7, 1.
(2) cŏlossŭs (-ŏs), ī, m. (κολοσσός), colosse, statue colossale : Plin. 35, 128 ; Sen. Ep. 76, 31.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) colossus1 u. -os, ī, m. (κολοσσός), die Riesenbildsäule, der Koloß, Sen. ep. 76, 31. Plin. 34, 42 sqq. Suet. Ner. 31, 1. Mart. 8, 44, 7 (-os). Stat. silv. 1, 3, 51: insbes. der berühmte, dem Sonnengott geweihte Koloß zu Rhodus, Plin. 34, 41. Suet. Vesp. 18. Paul. ex Fest. 58, 2.
(2) colossus2, a, um (1. colossus), riesenhaft, kolossal, statuae, Spart. Hel. 7, 1.
Latin > Chinese
colossus, i. m. :: 大無比之石像