DAMOCLES


Meaning of DAMOCLES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈda-mə-ˌklēz ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Damoklēs

Date: 1578

: a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at a banquet beneath a sword hung by a single hair

• Dam·o·cle·an ˌda-mə-ˈklē-ən adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.