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Colosseum (n.)
1560s, Medieval Latin name for the classical
Amphitheatrum Flavium
(begun c.70 C.E.), noun use of neuter of adjective
colosseus
"gigantic;" perhaps a reference to the
colossal
statue of Nero that long stood nearby (see
colossus
).
