- κολοσσός
- κολοσσόςGrammatical information: m. (Cyrene also f.)Meaning: `gigantic statue, coloss (Hdt. [only about Egypt], hell.), also `statue' in gen. (A., hell.), `figure, puppet' (Cyrene; cf. v. Wilamowitz BerlAkSb. 1927 : 19, 155ff.);Other forms: -ττ- D. S., -σ- Cyrene.Compounds: as 1. member e. g. in κολοσσο-ποιός (Hero).Derivatives: κολοσσιαῖος (D. S. [-ττ-], Ph., Pap.), -ικός (D. S. [-ττ-], Str., Plu.) `with the measures of a c., colossal'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The (suffixal) element -σσ- points to foreign Mediterranean origin; s. Chantraine Formation 34, Lamer IF 48, 233, Krahe Die Antike 15, 181; hesitating agreement of Kretschmer Glotta 21, 159. Bq compares the also dark κολεκάνος (-οκ-) `long, meager man' (Stratt., H.). No IE. etymology (no to κολωνός etc.; s. Bq). A typical Pre-Greek word. Ample about κολοσσός Benveniste Rev. de phil. 58, 118ff.Page in Frisk: 1,903-904
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