Damocles
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).
Proper noun
[edit]Damocles
- A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Doric Greek Δᾱμοκλῆς (Dāmoklês); cognate with Attic Greek Δημοκλῆς (Dēmoklês).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdaː.mo.kleːs/, [ˈd̪äːmɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈda.mo.kles/, [ˈd̪äːmokles]
Proper noun
[edit]Dāmoclēs m sg (genitive Dāmoclis); third declension
- 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.
Declension
[edit]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 |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Damocles m
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Damocles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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