'Colossi' definitions:

Definition of 'Colossi'

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Colossus \Co*los"sus\, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. [1913 Webster]
He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. --Dr. Wm. Smith. [1913 Webster]
2. Any man or beast of gigantic size. [1913 Webster]