Lewis & Short

prae-grandis, e, adj., very large, huge, colossal (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: praegrandi gradu, Pac. ap. Fest. s. v. torvitas, p. 355 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 67 Rib.): arbores, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138: aures, id. 4, 13, 27, § 95; cf. oculi, id. 8, 33, 51, § 121: boves, id. 8, 45, 70, § 176: domus, id. 3, 16, 20, § 119: fel, id. 11, 37, 74, § 191: locusta, Suet. Tib. 60: lapides, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.
  2. II. Trop., very great, powerful: praegrandis senex, i. e. the great Aristophanes, Pers. 1, 124.