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