Damocles
English edit
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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.
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Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Doric Greek Δᾱμοκλῆς (Dāmoklês); cognate with Attic Greek Δημοκλῆς (Dēmoklês).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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 |
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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
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).
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Proper noun edit
Damocles m
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Further reading edit
- “Damocles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014