Engelsk substantiv: Damocles | |||
1. | Damocles (om person) 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) | ||
Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | courtier | ||