Damocles

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τὸ δὲ μέλλον ἀκριβῶς οἶδεν οὐδεὶς θνατὸς ὅπᾳ φέρεται → but as for the future no mortal knows for certain where he is bound

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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).