Middle English Dictionary Entry
colossus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | colossus n. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A gigantic statue.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)189b/a : In þe Eest syde [of Rhodes]..was oneliche a colosus of bras seuenty cubites hiȝe. In þis same Ile were an hundred lesse colosus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2) : Collusus [Hrl2270:Colosus]..est res in memoriam mortui facta, vt tumulus ymago et crux, a crudde.
Note: New spelling: Also colosus, collusus
Note: New sense: Colossus here refers to some sort of memorial for the dead.--per MLL
Note: Stnh: Colosus: þyd, made of bon; Hrl. 2270: Colosus: id est res in memoriam factam vt tumulus ymago; Hrl.2257: Colosus..thing made of boone; St. John's: Colosus..a thyng mad a bone; Add. 33534: Colosus: a thing mad of bon.