Dolo
δόλων
Dolo (δόλων).
1. A weapon consisting of a long staff with a short iron point (Verg. A. 7.664, and Varro, ap. Serv. ib., ingens contus cum ferro brevissimo;
Sil. 3.250).
2. A secret poniard or dagger inserted in a walking-stick (Plut. TG 10; Hesych. sub voce Suet. Cl. 13, Domit. 17; Isid. Or. 18.9, 4) or a whip (Dig. 9, 2, 52). 3. A small top-sail [NAVIS].
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.