Damocles

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See also: Dàmocles, Damoclès, and Dâmocles

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).

Proper noun

Damocles

  1. A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Doric Greek Δᾱμοκλῆς (Dāmoklês); cognate with Attic Greek Δημοκλῆς (Dēmoklês).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dāmoclēs m sg (genitive Dāmoclis); third declension

  1. Damocles
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ad urbe condita 34.25:
      Dāmoclēs erat Argīvus, adulēscēns māiōris animī quam cōnsiliī, quī prīmō iūre iūrandō interpositō dē praesidiō expellendō cum idōneīs conlocūtus, dum vīrēs adicere coniūrātiōnī studet incautior fideī aestimātor fuit.
    • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.62.2:
      Fortūnātus sibi Dāmoclēs vidēbātur

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem) or first-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dāmoclēs
Genitive Dāmoclis
Dāmoclī
Dative Dāmoclī
Dāmoclae
Accusative Dāmoclem
Dāmoclēa
Ablative Dāmocle
Dāmoclē
Vocative Dāmoclēs
Dāmoclē

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References

  • “Dāmō̆cles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dāmŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 466.
  • Dāmoclēs in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈmokles/
  • Rhymes: -okles
  • Syllabification: Da‧mo‧cles

Proper noun

Damocles m

  1. Damocles

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