- colossiaeus
- cŏlossēus ( -ossiaeus, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 26), a, um, adj., = kolossiaios, colossal, huge, gigantic (post-Aug. prose):
statuae,
Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 39; cf. id. 36, 5, 4, § 26; Suet. Vesp. 23:colosseum se pingi Nero jussit,
Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 51.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.