Colossus, colossi, m. gen. Plin. An excerding great image made for the honour of any peyson, as in Rodes was one 70. cubits high. Strab.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cŏlossus, i, m., = kolosso/s, a gigantic statue, a colossus, Plin. 35, 11, 40, 128; Suet. Ner. 31; Stat. S. 1, 3, 51.—In partic., the celebrated Colossus at Rhodes; it was dedicated to the sun, and was 70 ells high, Plin. 34, 7, 18, 41; Suet. Vesp. 18; Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 2 Müll.