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Damocles
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Dàmocles Damoclès Dâmocles
English
Alternative forms
en Damokles
Etymology
en la Dāmoclēs.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdæməkliz/
Proper noun
A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.
Derived terms
en Damoclean sword of Damocles tree of Damocles
Translations
courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse
Catalan: ca Dàmocles m
Czech: cs Damoklés m
French: fr Damoclès m
German: de Damokles m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Δημοκλῆς m
Hungarian: hu Damoklész
Latin: la Dāmoclēs m
Polish: pl Damokles m
Russian: ru Дамо́кл m
Spanish: es Damocles m
Ukrainian: uk Дамо́кл m
Anagrams
en acdelmos cladomes
en Ancient Greece Individuals
Latin
Alternative forms
la Dēmoclēs
Etymology
la grc-dor Δᾱμοκλῆς; cognate with grc-att Δημοκλῆς.
Pronunciation
Dāmoclēs
Proper noun
Dāmoclēs<3> m
Damocles
la Titus Livius Ab urbe condita (Livy) Ad urbe condita 34.25 Dāmoclēs erat Argīvus, adulēscēns maiōris animī quam cōnsiliī, quī prīmō iūre iūrandō interpositō dē praesidiō expellendō cum idōneīs conlocūtus, dum vīrēs adicere coniūrātiōnī studet incautior fideī aestimātor fuit.
la Cicero Tusculanae Disputationes 5.62.2 Fortūnātus sibi Dāmoclēs vidēbātur
Declension
((Dāmoclēs<3.I>,Dāmoclēs<1>)) Dāmoclis/Dāmoclī Dāmoclem/Dāmoclēa
Derived terms
la Dāmocliānus
References
Dāmō̆cles
Dāmŏclēs 466
Dāmoclēs
la Ancient Greece Individuals
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la:Dāmoclēs + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
en Damocles
Derived terms
es espada de Damocles
Further reading
es Ancient Greece Individuals