colossus
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
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