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Colossus of Constantine — Year c. 312–315 AD Type White marble, brick, wood, gilded bronze Location Musei Capitolini … Wikipedia
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colossus — gigantic statue, late 14c., from L. colossus a statue larger than life, from Gk. kolossos gigantic statue, of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Apollo at the entrance to the harbor of… … Etymology dictionary
Colossus — Co*los sus, n.; pl. L. {Colossi}, E. {Colossuses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colossus — [kə läs′əs] n. pl. for 1 & 3 colossi [kə läs′ī΄] or colossuses [ME < L < Gr kolossos] 1. a gigantic statue 2. [C ] the gigantic statue of Apollo set at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes c. 280 B.C. and included among the Seven Wonders of … English World dictionary
statue — Statue, Statua. Statue ou peincture faicte sur le vif, Icon iconis. Statue qu on eslevoit à l honneur de ceux qui avoyent triomphé, Statua triumphalis. Statues massives et especes qu on faisoit le temps passé en l honneur de quelqu un, Colossus… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Colossus of Rhodes — the Colossus of Rhodes an extremely large ancient ↑statue of the god Apollo on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was built to guard the entrance to the ↑harbour, and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was destroyed by an ↑earthquake in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
colossus — ► NOUN (pl. colossi or colossuses) ▪ a person or thing of enormous size, in particular a statue that is much bigger than life size. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek kolossos … English terms dictionary
