Damocles

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Νόσον δὲ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν ἢ λύπην φέρειν → Morbum quam tristitatem exantles facilius → Es lässt sich leichter krank sein als betrübt

Menander, Monostichoi, 383

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Dāmō̆cles: is, m.,
I a courtier of Dionysius the younger, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 6 (cf. Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17; Pers. 3, 40).