Colossae
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κολοσσαί, αἱ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cŏlossae: ārum, f., = Κολοσσαί,
I a city of Phrygia on the Lycus, now Khonas; to the church in this place Paul's Epistle to the Colossians was addressed, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; Vulg. Col. 1, 2.—Hence,
A Cŏlos-senses, ium, m., the Colossians, the inhabitants of Colossœ, Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 2, 20.—
B Cŏlossīnus, a, um, adj., = Κολοσσῖνος, of or belonging to Colossœ: flos, Plin. 21, 9, 27, § 51.
