dolosus

dŏlōsus, a, um, adj. [dolus],

• crafty, cunning, deceitful (rare, and mostly poet.; for syn. cf.: subdolus, fraudulentus, fallax; callidus, astutus, vafer, veterator, etc.): conservus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 43 (198): fidicina, id. Epid. 3, 2, 36 (372): mulier, Hor. S. 2, 5, 70: gens, Ov. M. 14, 92: vulpes, Phaedr. 1, 13, 11 et saep.: consilia, Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: artes, Ov. M. 15, 473; August. in Ev. Joan. Tract. 116, 5: statera, false, Vulg. Prov. 20, 23; cf. pondera, id. Mich. 6, 11.— With inf.: amici, Ferre jugum pariter dolosi, Hor. C. 1, 35, 28.—Poet.: taurus, i. e. Jupiter, changed into a bull, Hor. C. 3, 27, 25: incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso, i. e. deceitful, treacherous, id. ib. 2, 1, 8; cf. nummus, id. Pers. prol. 12.—Adv.: dŏlōse, craftily, deceitfully (class.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 4 (959); id. Truc. 2, 5, 9 (456); Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; Vulg. Psa. 5, 10 al.—No Comp. or Sup.

dolōsus, a, um (dolus), trugvoll, ränkevoll, trügerisch, listig, schlau, conservus, Plaut.: mulier, Hor.: gens, Ov.: vulpes, Phaedr.: consilia, Cic.: cinis, täuschende (weil sie Feuer verbirgt), Hor. – m. folg. Infin., amici ferre iugum pariter dolosi (trugvoll vermeidend), Hor. carm. 1, 35, 27.

dolosus [CL] , guileful, crafty, deceitful. Romani regni molimina leaena trucidavit ~a Gildas EB 6; pellax, ~us GlC P 274; ex commodis vel incommodis naturae [hominis] conjectura sumenda est ‥: memor an obliviosus, ~us an simplex Alcuin Rhet. 25; 8‥ ~us testis, facynful cyðere WW; ~us, i. insidiosus, fraudulentus, callidus, inwitful vel facenful GlH D 769; quis dolus dolosior quam in patrem prolis? Poem S. Thom. 83; Gir. TH III 22 (v. dolose); tam dolorosa quam ~a dispendia Map NC IV 11 f. 52; s1210 ~as ut vel sic sibi preparatas evitaret insidias Gerv. Cant. GR cont. 106; a quorum labiis iniquis et linguis ~is liberabit Deus animam meam Rolle IA 170; 1424 de illo ~issimo proditore ‥, qui ‥ ausus est ‥ falsa proditoria instimulacione suggerere ‥ Bekynton I 279.

dŏlōsus, (13) a, um (dolus), rusé, astucieux, fourbe, trompeur [en parl. de pers. et choses] : Pl. Mil. 198 ; Hor. S. 2, 5, 70 || Cic. Rab. Post. 4 ; Ov. M. 15, 473 || [avec inf.] dolosus ferre Hor. O. 1, 35, 28, qui refuse artificieusement de porter.

dolosus , a, um. adj.
Nummus dolosus 所騙人之錢。

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dolōsus adj.

• dolus, crafty, cunning, deceitful: mulier, H.: gens, O.: consilia: Ferre iugum, H.: taurus (Jupiter in disguise), H.: volpes, Ph.: cinis, treacherous, H.