dolus

Definitiones

1. deception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery
   declension-2, masculine
2. evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences)
   declension-2, masculine
3. device, artifice, strategem, trap
   declension-2, masculine

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“SĪMŌ: Ego dūdum nōn nihil veritūs sum⟳, Dāve, abs tē, nē facerēs idem quod volgus servōrum solet dolīs: ut mē dēlūderēs”

SIMO: For a long time, I have feared not a little from you, Davus, lest you do the same thing that the common run of slaves usually does with their trickery: that you would deceive me just because my son is in love.

“Nec latuēre dolī frātrem Iūnōnis et īrae.”

Nor did the deceit and wrath of Juno escape her brother.

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