dolus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity.
Noun
dolus (uncountable)
Related terms
References
- “dolus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdo.lus/, [ˈd̪ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.lus/, [ˈd̪ɔːlus]
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “deception, trick”), and attested in Classical Latin.
Noun
dolus m (genitive dolī); second declension
- trickery, deception, deceit, guile
- evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences)
- device, artifice[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dolus | dolī |
Genitive | dolī | dolōrum |
Dative | dolō | dolīs |
Accusative | dolum | dolōs |
Ablative | dolō | dolīs |
Vocative | dole | dolī |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants
Etymology 2
Probably a separate and unrelated term from the above, instead deriving from dolor (“pain”).
Noun
dolus ? (unknown declension)
Related terms
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’s 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.
- by craft: per dolum (B. G. 4. 13)
- by the aid of fraud and lies: dolis et fallaciis (Sall. Cat. 11. 2)
- by craft: per dolum (B. G. 4. 13)
Old Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
dolus
Descendants
- Irish: dolas
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
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
dolus | dolus pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndolus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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