Cerberus
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Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Cerberus_rynchops.jpg/220px-Cerberus_rynchops.jpg)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin.
Proper noun
Cerberus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Homalopsidae – certain water snakes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - suborder; Caenophidia - infraorder; Homalopsoidea - superfamily; Homalopsidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cerberus rynchops (New Guinea bockadam, dog-faced water snake) - type species
References
Cerberus (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cerberus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cerberus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Fluffy_%28Harry_Potter%29.jpg/220px-Fluffy_%28Harry_Potter%29.jpg)
Etymology
From Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cerberus
- (Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
- (astronomy) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.
Derived terms
Translations
mythological three-headed dog
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German
Proper noun
Cerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cerberus)
- Alternative form of Zerberus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈker.be.rus/, [ˈkɛrbɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.be.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrberus]
Proper noun
Cerberus or Cerberos m sg (genitive Cerberī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cerberus Cerberos |
Genitive | Cerberī |
Dative | Cerberō |
Accusative | Cerberum |
Ablative | Cerberō |
Vocative | Cerbere |
Descendants
References
- “Cerberus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cerberus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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