colossus

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.