Damocles

See also: Dàmocles, Damoclès, and Dâmocles

English

Alternative forms

• Damokles

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dāmoclēs.

Proper noun

Damocles

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

Derived terms

• Damoclean
• sword of Damocles

Anagrams

• cladomes

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dēmoclēs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.mo.kleːs/, [ˈd̪äːmɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.mo.kles/, [ˈd̪äːmokles]

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 maiōris animī quam cōnsiliī, quī prīmō iūre iūrandō interpositō dē praesidiō expellendō cum idōneīs conlocūtus, dum vīrēs adicere coniūrātiōnī studet incautior fideī aestimātor fuit.

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   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.62.2:

     Fortūnātus sibi Dāmoclēs vidēbātur

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Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Dāmoclēs
genitive	Dāmoclis Dāmoclī
dative	Dāmoclī Dāmoclae
accusative	Dāmoclem Dāmoclēa
ablative	Dāmocle Dāmoclē
vocative	Dāmoclēs Dāmoclē

Derived terms

• Dāmocliānus

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

Borrowed from Latin Dāmoclēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈmokles/ [d̪aˈmo.kles]
• Rhymes: -okles
• Syllabification: Da‧mo‧cles

Proper noun

Damocles m

1. Damocles

Derived terms

• espada de Damocles

Further reading

• “Damocles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10