Obs. By-form of COLOSSEUM: cf. F. colisée, It. coliseo.
1557. North, trans. Gueuara’s Diall Princes, 259 b/2. The height of the high Capitoll enuironned with the Colliset [? -ee or -eo].
1575. J. Turler, Traueiler, 16. Bathes, Galleries, Colosseis, Churches.
