dolos

British  

/ ˈdɒlɒs /

noun

1. a knucklebone of a sheep, buck, etc, used esp by diviners

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Etymology

Origin of dolos

from Afrikaans, possibly from dollen play + os ox or from dobbel dice + os ox

Example Sentences

Charles Emanuel, dead to all sense of magnanimity, rubbed his hands with delight in the successful perpetration of such fraud, exclaiming, "An virtus an dolos, quis ab hoste requirat."

From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Qui tibi saepe dolos struxit, qui vincla paravit, Tu puer in laqueos induis arte senem....

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Nec mirum: bene nam valetis omnes, Pulchre concoquitis, nihil timetis, Non incendia, non graves ruinas, 10Non furta inpia, non dolos veneni, Non casus alios periculorum.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

But Solomon saith, Prudens advertit ad gressus suos; stultus divertit ad dolos.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis

Christe, malas fraudes, Pharisaica retia, fallis: Et miseros sacro discutis ore dolos.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard