Type and usage of damocles from BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

damocles

/'dæmə,kliz/

Synonyms of damocles Antonyms of damocles Examples of damocles Usage of damocles Parts of damocles Definition that contains damocles Words sounding like damocles Explanation of damocles

noun
the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
- + New List

Definition that contains damocles

damocles the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)