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 O’tium cum Dig. [dignita’te].O’Trigger (Sir Lucius) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Otos.
 
A giant, brother of Ephialts (q.v.). Both brothers grew nine inches every month. According to Pliny, Otos was forty-six cubits (sixty-six feet) in height. (Greek fable.) (See GIANTS.)   1
 


 O’tium cum Dig. [dignita’te].O’Trigger (Sir Lucius) 

 
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