κολοσσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ, v. infr.), [[κολοττός]] D.S.1.67:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[colossus]], [[gigantic statue]], in Hdt. always of [[Egyptian]] works, 2.130, al.; of other [[colossal]] [[statue]]s, Thphr.Fr.128, Sopat.1, Plb.18.16.2, Plin.HN34.45, Luc.Hist.Conscr.23, D.C.66.15; ὁ κολοσσὸς ὁ [[ἡμαρτημένος]] Longin.36.3; dub. in IG12.577, 12(3).1015.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[statue]], A.Ag.416 (lyr.), Schwyzer 89.17 (Argos, iii B.C.), Theoc.22.47; of [[small]] [[image]]s, κολοσὸς (acc. pl.),… ἔρσενα καὶ θήλειαν ἢ [[καλίνος]] ἢ [[γαίνος]] Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 (Cyrene): also fem., τὰς κ. ibid.