colosseus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos). By surface analysis, colossus +‎ -ēus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ.ɫɔsˈseː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko.losˈsɛː.us] === Adjective === colossēus (feminine colossēa, neuter colossēum); first/second-declension adjective (post-Augustan) colossal, huge, gigantic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “colosseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “colosseus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. colosseus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016