Damoclean

Dam·o·cles (d

-kl

) fl. fourth century b.c.

Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who according to legend was forced to sit at a banquet table under a sword suspended by a single hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a king's fortunes.

Damocles [ˈdæməˌkliːz]

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical legend a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was See also Sword of Damocles

Damoclean adj

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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)

Translations

Damocles [ˈdæməkliːz] N → Damocles

Damocles [ˈdæməkliːz] n → Damoclès m Sword of Damocles

Damocles

n sword of Damocles → Damoklesschwert nt

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danger death endangerment hazard jeopardy peril Precariousness risk sword sword of Damocles swordfish	In less than two weeks, state lawmakers plan to present a budget to The Man Formerly Known as Governor, who is holding his veto pen like a Damoclean sword. Jon Ralston has likely answers to questions remaining as clock runs ... by Staff / Las Vegas Sun 155) Despite Professor Strandburg's fear that cumulative innovation suffers the Damoclean threat of patentees' "stranglehold" over follow-on innovation, there seems little need for such congressional action in the realm of experimental use. Restricting experimental use by Devlin, Alan / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Detainees would have to undergo military trials or suffer under a Damoclean threat of military trials, with only a vague chance of eventual judicial relief; administration officials would have to formulate an overall response to the threat of terrorism under long-term ignorance about whether military commissions are valid; legislators and citizens would face a shifting target for democratic debate. Holmes on emergencies by Vermeule, Adrian / Stanford Law Review	daminozide Damkina dammar dammar pine dammar resin Dammara dammed dammit damn damn-all damn-fool Damnability damnable Damnableness damnably damnation damnatory damned damnedest Damnific Damnification damnify damning Damningness damnum Damoclean Damocles Damodar damoiselle Damon Damon and Pythias Damon Runyon damosel Damourite damozel damp damp course damp off Damp sheet damp-proof damp-proof course dampcourse dampen dampener dampening damper damper block Dampier damping damping off damping off fungus	Damnit Damnnation Damnnation Damnosa haereditas damnosus damns damns damns damns with faint praise damns with faint praise damnum damnum Damnum absque injuria Damnum fatale damnum restituere damnum sarcire Damnyankee Damnyankee DamnYouAll.net Damo Damo Damo DAMO-FD DAMO-FDR DAMO-FDV DAMO-RQ DAMO-RQ/TR DAMO-SS DAMO-TRO DAMO-TRS Damoclean Damoclean Sword Damoclean Sword Damocles Damocles Damocles Damocles Damocles Sword Damocles Sword Damocles' sword Damocles' sword Damocles' syndrome Damocles’ Syndrome Damocletian Damocletian Damodar Damodar Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi Damodar River Damodar Valley Corporation Damodara Damodara Damoh damoiselle Damokles Damokles Damon Damon (Greek mythology) Damon (Greek mythology) Damon (mythology) Damon (mythology)

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In less than two weeks, state lawmakers plan to present a budget to The Man Formerly Known as Governor, who is holding his veto pen like a Damoclean sword.

Jon Ralston has likely answers to questions remaining as clock runs ... by Staff / Las Vegas Sun

155) Despite Professor Strandburg's fear that cumulative innovation suffers the Damoclean threat of patentees' "stranglehold" over follow-on innovation, there seems little need for such congressional action in the realm of experimental use.

Restricting experimental use by Devlin, Alan / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

Detainees would have to undergo military trials or suffer under a Damoclean threat of military trials, with only a vague chance of eventual judicial relief; administration officials would have to formulate an overall response to the threat of terrorism under long-term ignorance about whether military commissions are valid; legislators and citizens would face a shifting target for democratic debate.

Holmes on emergencies by Vermeule, Adrian / Stanford Law Review

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