dolus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊləs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊləs/ Rhymes: -əʊləs === Noun === dolus (countable and uncountable, plural doli) (law) Evil intent: malice or fraud. ==== Related terms ==== dolose dolosity dolus specialis === References === “dolus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Sudol, louds, ludos == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɔː.lus] === Etymology 1 === From 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. ==== Noun ==== dolus m (genitive dolī); second declension deception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery Synonyms: dēceptiō, perfidia, fraus, maleficium, stratēgēma, ars evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences) device, artifice, stratagem, trap ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== dolōsus dolum faciō subdolus ===== Related terms ===== dolōsē dolōsitās ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From dolor via change of declension type, possibly first as a neuter of the same declension (tempus, temporis). Related to doleō (“to hurt, grieve”). ==== Noun ==== dolus m (genitive dolī); second declension (Late Latin) alternative form of dolor (“pain, grief”) ===== Related terms ===== cordolium ===== Descendants ===== === References === “dolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "dolus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Middle Irish == === Etymology === do- +‎ lés (compare solus, from Old Irish solus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈd̪ˠolus/, (later) /ˈd̪ˠoləs/ === Adjective === dolus lightless, obscure ==== Descendants ==== Irish: dolas === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dolus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language