Colossae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cŏlossae, ārum, f., = Κολοσσαί,

I a city of Phrygia on the Lycus , now Khonas; to the church in this place Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians was addressed , Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145; Vulg. Col. 1, 2.—Hence,

A Cŏlos-senses , ium, m., the Colossians , the inhabitants of Colossae , Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 2, 20.—

B Cŏlossīnus , a, um, adj., = Κολοσσῖνος, of or belonging to Colossae : flos, Plin. 21, 9, 27, § 51.

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