colossus
ἤκουσεν ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἀρσένων ἑταιρίαν εἶναι → he heard that there was also a fellowship of males in Rome (Severius, commentary on Romans 1:27)
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.
