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δόλος

δόλος, a bait, trap, cunning

δόλος2, [lexical cite]

δόλος (A), ὁ, prop.
  • bait for fish, Od. 12.252: hence, any cunning contrivance for deceiving or catching, as the net in which Hephaestus catches Ares, 8.276; the Trojan horse, ib. 494; Ixionʼs bride, Pi. P. 2.39; the robe of Penelope, Od. 19.137 (pl.); ξύλινος δ. mouse-trap, Batr. 116.
        • b generally, any trick or stratagem, πυκινὸν δ. ἄλλον ὕφαινε Il. 6.187, etc.: in pl., wiles, δόλοι καὶ μήδεα 3.202; δόλοισι κεκασμένε 4.339, etc.
      • 2 in the abstract, craft, cunning, treachery, δόλῳ ἠὲ βίῃφι Od. 9.406; ἔπεφνε δόλῳ, οὔ τι κράτεΐ γε Il. 7.142; οὐ κατʼ ἰσχὺν . . δόλῳ δέ . . A. Pr. 215, cf. Ch. 556, etc.; δόλοις ib. 888, S. OT 960, etc.; ἐκ δόλου Id. El. 279; ἐν δόλῳ Id. Ph. 102; σὺν δόλῳ A. Pers. 775; μετὰ δόλου καὶ τέχνης Isoc. 9.36; δόλῳ πονηρῷ, = Lat. dolo malo, Supp.Epigr. 1.161.53; μετὰ δόλου πονηροῦ IG 12(2).510.9 (Methymna); χωρὶς δ. π. OGI 629.112 (Palmyra).
      • 3 spy, Hsch.
δόλος (B)· πάσσαλος, Hsch.

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