Noun: dolus
Sample Sentences
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Every actual delict presupposes a dolus or culpa, with the concomitant consciousness and prepense [1849, James G. Butler, A Summary of the Roman Civil Law:]
Nouns inflected like dolus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity. See: Latin Nouns '
dolus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
δόλος'.