I.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.
cŏlossēus (-ossiaeus , Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 26), a, um, adj., = κολοσσιαῖος,