colossus
ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
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.
