dolus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- trickery, deception, deceit, guile
- evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences)
- device, artifice
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόλος (bait, trick, wile, ruse, deceit, deception).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δόλος
Gloss
bait, trick, wile, ruse, deceit, deception
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftertale English
- betall English
- blabtale English
- carrytale English
- dolorimeter English
- dolose English
- dolus English
- folktale English
- foretale English
- midtale English
- subdolous English
- tale English
- taleable English
- talebearer English
- talebearing English
- talebook English
- taleful English
- talelike English
- taler English
- talesman English
- taleteller English
- taletelling English
- tattletale English
- telltale English
- *dolia Latin
- *dolium Latin
- *doliōsus Latin
- doleō Latin
- dolor Latin
- dolorosus Latin
- dolositas Latin
- dolosus Latin
- dolēre, doleō Latin
- dolōrōsus Latin
- sedulus Latin
- sub Latin
- subdolus Latin
- dolos German
- doglioso Italian
- dolo Italian
- doloso Italian
- duolo Italian
- subdolo Italian
- deuil French
- dol French
- dolo Spanish, Castilian
- doloso Spanish, Castilian
- duelista Spanish, Castilian
- duelo Spanish, Castilian
- δολερός Ancient Greek
- δόλιος Ancient Greek
- δόλος Ancient Greek
- ἄδολος Ancient Greek
- *del- Proto-Indo-European
- *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- dó Portuguese
- dool Middle English
- tale Middle English
- tala Old Norse
- dol Old French
- dolor Old French
- dolosité Old French
- duel Old French
- doloro Esperanto
- dol Catalan, Valencian
- eintala Icelandic
- frumtala Icelandic
- raðtala Icelandic
- tala Icelandic
- tvinntala Icelandic
- tvítala Icelandic
- töluorð Icelandic
- tölusetja Icelandic
- tölustafur Icelandic
- töluverður Icelandic
- þvertala Icelandic
- dor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- duios Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dolur Welsh
- doloro Ido
- deu Norman
- deû Norman
- doo Old Portuguese
- *dolōs Proto-Italic
- dule Scots
- dûl Friulian
- *dolhos Old Latin