colosseum

See also: Colosseum

English

Alternative forms

coliseum
colossæum (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Colosseum, from neuter of colosseus (“gigantic”), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos), from κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

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Noun

colosseum (plural colosseums)

Alternative spelling of coliseum

Latin

Adjective

colossēum

nominative neuter singular of colossēus
accusative masculine singular of colossēus
accusative neuter singular of colossēus
vocative neuter singular of colossēus

References

colosseum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
colosseum in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press