[ˈdɔ.ɫʊs], [ˈdɔː.lus]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁os. Cognate to Oscan [script needed] (dolom, “intention, ruse”) and Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos), but the Italic terms may be borrowings from the latter.
- declension-2, masculinedeception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery
“SĪMŌ: Ego dūdum nōn nihil veritūs sum, Dāve, abs tē, nē facerēs īdem / quod volgus servōrum solet dolīs: ut mē dēlūderēs / proptereā quod amat fīlius.” — SIMO: For a long time, I have feared not a little from you, Davus, lest you do the same thing that the common run of slaves usually does with [their] trickery: that you would deceive me just because m
“Nec latuēre dolī frātrem Iūnōnis et īrae.” — Nor was [her] brother [Neptune] unaware of the deceit and wrath of Juno.
- declension-2, masculineevil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences)
- declension-2, masculinedevice, artifice, strategem, trap
Formsdolī(genitive) · dolus(nominative, singular) · dolī(nominative, plural) · dolī(genitive, singular) · dolōrum(genitive, plural) · dolō(dative, singular) · dolīs(dative, plural) · dolum(accusative, singular) · dolōs(accusative, plural) · dolō(ablative, singular) · dolīs(ablative, plural) · dole(singular, vocative) · dolī(plural, vocative)
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