δόλος

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 IG 12(2).510.9 (Methymna); χωρὶς δ. π. OGI 629.112 (Palmyra).

3. spy, Hsch.