δόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”); cognate with Old English talu (“account reckoning”).

Pronunciation

Noun

δόλος • (dólos) m (genitive δόλου); second declension

1. trick, deceit
2. (in the plural) wiles
3. bait (e.g. for fish)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “δόλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δόλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “δόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • catch idem, page 118.
  • cheat idem, page 127.
  • craft idem, page 181.
  • cunning idem, page 189.
  • deceit idem, page 200.
  • deceitfulness idem, page 200.
  • design idem, page 215.
  • diplomacy idem, page 225.
  • dissimulation idem, page 239.
  • double-dealing idem, page 248.
  • duplicity idem, page 256.
  • finesse idem, page 321.
  • fraud idem, page 343.
  • guile idem, page 378.
  • hoax idem, page 402.
  • insincerity idem, page 445.
  • machination idem, page 506.
  • pitfall idem, page 615.
  • plot idem, page 621.
  • ruse idem, page 727.
  • scheme idem, page 739.
  • shift idem, page 765.
  • sleight idem, page 783.
  • snare idem, page 788.
  • stratagem idem, page 823.
  • trap idem, page 890.
  • treachery idem, page 891.
  • trick idem, page 894.
  • wile idem, page 979.