δόλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δόλος (dólos, “bait, trick”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.li.os/ → /ˈðo.li.os/ → /ˈðo.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.os/

Adjective

δόλῐος • (dólios) m (feminine δολῐ́ᾱ, neuter δόλῐον); first/second declension

1. crafty, deceitful, treacherous

Inflection

First and second declension of δόλῐος; δολῐ́ᾱ; δόλῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δόλῐος dólios	δολῐ́ᾱ dolíā	δόλῐον dólion		δολῐ́ω dolíō	δολῐ́ᾱ dolíā	δολῐ́ω dolíō		δόλῐοι dólioi	δόλῐαι dóliai	δόλῐᾰ dólia
Genitive		δολῐ́ου dolíou	δολῐ́ᾱς dolíās	δολῐ́ου dolíou		δολῐ́οιν dolíoin	δολῐ́αιν dolíain	δολῐ́οιν dolíoin		δολῐ́ων dolíōn	δολῐ́ων dolíōn	δολῐ́ων dolíōn
Dative		δολῐ́ῳ dolíōi	δολῐ́ᾳ dolíāi	δολῐ́ῳ dolíōi		δολῐ́οιν dolíoin	δολῐ́αιν dolíain	δολῐ́οιν dolíoin		δολῐ́οις dolíois	δολῐ́αις dolíais	δολῐ́οις dolíois
Accusative		δόλῐον dólion	δολῐ́ᾱν dolíān	δόλῐον dólion		δολῐ́ω dolíō	δολῐ́ᾱ dolíā	δολῐ́ω dolíō		δολῐ́ους dolíous	δολῐ́ᾱς dolíās	δόλῐᾰ dólia
Vocative		δόλῐε dólie	δολῐ́ᾱ dolíā	δόλῐον dólion		δολῐ́ω dolíō	δολῐ́ᾱ dolíā	δολῐ́ω dolíō		δόλῐοι dólioi	δόλῐαι dóliai	δόλῐᾰ dólia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δολῐ́ως dolíōs				δολῐώτερος doliṓteros				δολῐώτᾰτος doliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δολιότροπος (doliótropos)

Further reading

• “δόλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δόλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δόλιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δόλιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δόλιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δόλιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δόλιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1386 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • crafty idem, page 181.
  • cunning idem, page 189.
  • deceitful idem, page 200.
  • double-faced idem, page 248.
  • faithless idem, page 303.
  • guileful idem, page 378.
  • hypocritical idem, page 412.
  • insidious idem, page 444.
  • insincere idem, page 445.
  • sly idem, page 786.
  • treacherous idem, page 891.
  • tricky idem, page 894.
  • underhand idem, page 913.
  • unfaithful idem, page 917.
  • wily idem, page 980.