δόλος(A),ὁ, prop.
A. baitfor fish, Od. 12.252 : hence,any cunning contrivance for deceivingorcatching,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 trickorstratagem,
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 κράτεί̈ γε