| NOM | person | 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) |
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| Sentit | 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). | |
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| Espècimen de | àulic, cortesà | An attendant at the court of a sovereign |
| Anglès | Damocles | |
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