colossus

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Inglese

Sostantivo

colossus sing (pl.: colossuses, colossi)

  1. colosso (statua gigantesca)
  2. (per estensione) colosso, gigante, persona enorme
  3. (senso figurato) colosso, persona che eccelle in qualcosa

Pronuncia

  • IPA: /kəlˈɒsəs/

Etimologia / Derivazione

dal latino colossus, a sua volta dal greco antico κολοσσός (kolossós)

Latino

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Seconda declinazione
  singolare plurale
nominativo cŏlossŭs cŏlossī
genitivo cŏlossī cŏlossōrŭm
dativo cŏlossō cŏlossīs
accusativo cŏlossŭm cŏlossōs
vocativo cŏlossĕ cŏlossī
ablativo cŏlossō cŏlossīs

colossus (cŏlossus) m 2a decl

  1. colosso (statua gigantesca)

Pronuncia

  • IPA: /koˈlos.sus/

Etimologia / Derivazione

dal greco antico κολοσσός (kolossós)

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