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κολοσσός

κολοσσός, a colossus

κολοσσ-ός, ὁ (also ἡ, v. infr.), κολοττ- D.S. 1.67:—
  • colossus, gigantic statue, in Hdt. always of Egyptian works, 2.130, al.; of other colossal statues, Thphr. Fr. 128, Sopat. 1, Plb. 18.16.2, Plin. HN 34.45, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 23, D.C. 66.15; ὁ κ. ὁ ἡμαρτημένος Longin. 36.3; dub. in IG 1(2).577, 12(3).1015.
      • 2 generally, statue, A. Ag. 416 (lyr.), Schwyzer 89.17 (Argos, iii B.C.), Theoc. 22.47; of small images, κολοσὸς (acc. pl.), . . ἔρσενα καὶ θήλειαν ἢ καλίνος ἢ γαίνος Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (Cyrene): also fem., τὰς κ. ibid.

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