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βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels

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Greek Monolingual

και κολοσσαίος, -α, -ο (Α κολοσσιαῑος, -αία, -ον) αυτός που έχει το μέγεθος κολοσσού, υπερμεγέθης, πελώριος («κολοσσιαῑον ἀνδριάντα ἐπίχρυσον», Φίλ.)
νεοελλ.
πολύ μεγάλος («κολοσσιαία δύναμη»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κολοσσός + επίθημα -αῖος / -ιαῖος (πρβλ. πηγ-αίος / μηρ-ιαίος)].