δόλος πάσσαλος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `bait, any trick or stratagem for catching, trick' (Il.).

Derivatives: δόλιος `deceiving, tricky' (Od.) with δολιότης (LXX), δολιεύομαι `deceive' (LXX) and δολιόω `id.' (LXX); - δολερός `id.' (Ion.-Att.), δολόεις `cunning' (Od.). - Lengthened δόλευμα `trick' (Aen. Tact.; s. Chantr. Form. 186f.). - Denomin. δολόω `beguile' (Hes.) with δόλωσις (X.) and δόλωμα (A.; Chantraine l.c.); also δολίζω `falsify' (Dsc.). - Here also δολία = κώνειον, `hemlock' (Ps.-Dsc.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 64; cf. Latte z. St.; δολάνα μαστροπός. \< Λάκωνες\> H.; familiar word, see Chantraine 199; also δόλοπα κατάσκοπον, μαστροπόν with δολοπεύει ἐπιβουλεύει, ἐνεδρεύει H. - On δολεών ὁ δοθιήν H. s.v. δοθιήν.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: The identity of δόλος and Lat. dolus, Osc. dolom, -ud (acc., abl.) seems evident; but is the Italic word a loan from Greek? One compares also a Germanic word: ONord. tāl f. `deception, trick', OE tǣl f. `blame, slander, derision', OHG zāla f. `danger', PGm. * tēlō, would be IE * dēlā with long e (see Brugmann Grundr.² 2: 1, 153f.). - There is no primary verb. Connection with dolāre and δαιδάλλω (s. v.) is quite hypothetical. Given its concrete basic meaning, it could well be a Pre-Greek word. - Unclear δόλος πάσσαλος H.; cf. Specht Ursprung 157 and 219. - On δόλων s.v.

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δόλος (A), ὁ, prop.

A 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; Ixion's 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 κατ' 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 IG12(2).510.9

([place name] Methymna);

χωρὶς δ. π. OGI629.112

([place name] Palmyra).

3 spy, Hsch.

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δόλος (B)· πάσσαλος, Hsch.