colossus
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin colossus < Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossos) "large statue", especially the colossus of Rhodes.
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- Rhymes: -ɒsəs
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colossus (plural colossuses or colossi)
- A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
[edit] Translations
a statue of gigantic size
any creature or thing of gigantic size
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossos) "large statue", especially the colossus of Rhodes.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
colossus (genitive colossī); m, second declension
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colossus | colossī |
| genitive | colossī | colossōrum |
| dative | colossō | colossīs |
| accusative | colossum | colossōs |
| ablative | colossō | colossīs |
| vocative | colosse | colossī |
