cŏlossēus — Lewis & Short
colossal
The corpus record — Latin
colosseus
colosseus · adj
colossal
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Distribution
- Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Senses
Attestations
- colosseum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.7.p3
- colosseum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.5.p5
- colosseam Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus 23.3
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