dolus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity.

Noun

dolus (uncountable)

1. (law) Evil intent: malice or fraud.

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References

• dolus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Sudol, ludos

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “deception, trick”), and attested in Classical Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.lus/, [ˈdɔ.ɫʊs]

Noun

dolus m (genitive dolī); second declension

1. trickery, deception, deceit, guile
2. evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences)
3. device, artifice^[1]

Etymology 2

Probably a separate and unrelated term from the above, instead deriving from dolor (“pain”).

Noun

dolus

1. (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) pain, grief

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, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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)
    

Etymology

do- +‎ lés (compare solus)

Adjective

dolus

1. lightless, obscure