Colossee

Colossee

See also: colossee and Colossée

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin Colossēum.

By surface analysis, colosse +‎ -ee.

Proper noun

Colossee m

  1. Colosseum (the largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome)
    • 1605, Philippe de Marnix, Second tome du tableau des différens de la religion, page 436:
      […] de fait elle eſtoit ſi chaudement atteinte du feu d’amour de ceſte belle race qu’elle ſe fiſt engroſſer d’un Cardinal a force de devotion, & poulina la bonne jument au milieu des rues, allant solemnellement a la Pontificalle en belle proceſſion, a mi chemin entre le Coloſſee & la Chappelle de ſainct Clement, […]
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Descendants

  • French: Colossée
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