Definition of Gigas
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LNS
Gigās, Gigantis
Gigas, Gigantes
Γίγας
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. a giant
  2. the fabled sons of Earth and Tartarus, giants with snakes for legs, who stormed the heavens
Abbreviations
Gigās, antis, m., = Γίγας, a giant; usually in plur.: Gigantes, um, m., = Γίγαντες, the fabled sons of Earth and Tartarus, giants with snakes for legs, who stormed the heavens, but were smitten by Jupiter with lightning and buried under Aetna.

—Sing., Ov. P. 2, 10, 24; acc. giganta, Stat. Th. 5, 569; Mart. 9, 51, 6: gigantem, Vulg. Sirach, 47, 4.

—Plur., Ov. F. 5, 35; id. M. 1, 152; 5, 319; Hor. C. 2, 19, 22; Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70: gigantum more bellare, id. de Sen. 2, 5; Hyg. Fab. praef. (cf. also Verg. G. 1, 278 sq.); Prop. 3, 5, 39 (dub.; Mull. nocentum, id. 4, 4, 39).

— Deriv. Gigan-tēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the giants: bellum, Ov. Tr. 2, 71: sanguis, Verg. Cul. 27: triumphus, Hor. C. 3, 1, 7: tropaea, Ov. F. 5, 555: ora litoris, i. e. at Cumae, in Campania (where, according to the myth, the giants dwelt in the Phlegraean Fields, and fought with the gods), Prop. 1, 20, 9 (cf. Sil. 12, 143 sq.): genus, Vulg. Num. 13, 34.

— Transf., gigantic: corpus, Sil. 5, 436.
 
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