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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. (Cyrene also f.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">gigantic statue,</b> coloss (Hdt. [only about Egypt], hell.), also [[statue]] in gen. (A., hell.), [[figure]], [[puppet]] (Cyrene; cf. v. Wilamowitz BerlAkSb. 1927 : 19, 155ff.);<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ττ-</b> D. S., <b class="b3">-σ-</b> Cyrene.<br />Compounds: as 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">κολοσσο-ποιός</b> (Hero).<br />Derivatives: [[κολοσσιαῖος]] (D. S. [<b class="b3">-ττ-</b>], Ph., Pap.), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> (D. S. [<b class="b3">-ττ-</b>], Str., Plu.) <b class="b2">with the measures of a c., colossal</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The (suffixal) element <b class="b3">-σσ-</b> points to foreign Mediterranean origin; s. Chantraine Formation 34, Lamer IF 48, 233, Krahe Die Antike 15, 181; hesitating agreement of Kretschmer Glotta 21, 159. Bq compares the also dark [[κολεκάνος]] (<b class="b3">-οκ-</b>) [[long]], [[meager man]] (Stratt., H.). No IE. etymology (no to [[κολωνός]] etc.; s. Bq). A typical Pre-Greek word. Ample about [[κολοσσός]] Benveniste Rev. de phil. 58, 118ff.

|ftr='''κολοσσός''': {kolossós}<br />'''Forms''': (-ττ- D. S., -σ- Kyrene)<br />'''Grammar''': m. (Kyrene auch f.)<br />'''Meaning''': [[Riesenstatue]], [[Koloß]] (Hdt. [nur von Ägypten], hell.), auch [[Statue]] im allg. (A., hell.), [[Figur]], [[Puppe]] (Kyrene; vgl. v. Wilamowitz BerlAkSb. 1927 : 19, 155ff.);<br />'''Composita''' : als Vorderglied u. a. in [[κολοσσοποιός]] (Hero).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon [[κολοσσιαῖος]] (D. S. [-ττ-], Ph., Pap. u. a.), -ικός (D. S. [-ττ-], Str., Plu. u. a.) ‘die Maße eines K. habend, riesengroß, kolossal’.<br />'''Etymology''' : Schon das (suffixale) Element -σσ- läßt fremde mediterrane Herkunft vermuten; s. Chantraine Formation 34 m. Lit., Lamer IF 48, 233, Krahe Die Antike 15, 181 u. A.; zögernde Zustimmung bei Kretschmer Glotta 21, 159. Bq vergleicht das ebenfalls dunkle [[κολεκάνος]] (-οκ-) [[langer]], [[magerer Mensch]] (Stratt., H.). — Die idg. Etymologien (zu [[κολωνός]] usw.; s. Bq) sind hinfällig. Ausführlich über [[κολοσσός]] Benveniste Rev. de phil. 58, 118ff.<br />'''Page''' 1,903-904