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Vinony

Damocles

proper noun

  1. figure featured in an ancient Greek moral anecdote
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdæməkliz/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Dāmoclēs.

  1. A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.