Cerberus

Translingual

Cerberusrynchops

Etymology

FromAncient GreekΚέρβερος(Kérberos),of unknown origin.

Proper noun

Cerberusm

1. A taxonomicgenuswithin thefamilyHomalopsidae– certainwater 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
• Cerberuson Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cerberus(genus)on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Fluffy,amonstrousthree-headeddog inHarry Potter.Fluffy is probably inspired byCerberus.

Etymology

FromLatinCerberus,fromAncient GreekΚέρβερος(Kérberos),of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈsɝbəɹəs/

Proper noun

Cerberus

1. (Greekmythology)The giant three-headeddogwho guards the entrance toHades;and one of the manyoffspringofEchidnaandTyphon.
2. (astronomy)A formerconstellationof the northern sky, nearHercules.

Derived terms

• sop to Cerberus

Translations

mythological three-headed dog

• Arabic:سِيرْبِيرُوس(sīrbīrūs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Địa Ngục Tam Đầu Khuyển,Tắc bá kéo tư khuyển

• Coptic:ⲕⲉⲣⲃⲟⲩ(kerbou)
• Czech:Kerberosm
• Danish:Kerberos
• Esperanto:Cerbero(eo)
• French:Cerbère(fr)m
• Galician:Cérbero(gl)m
• German:Zerberusm
• Greek:Κέρβερος(el)m(Kérveros)

  Ancient Greek:Κέρβεροςm(Kérberos)

• Greenlandic:Kerberosi
• Inuktitut:ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ(siirpiros)
• Irish:Ceirbearasm
• Italian:Cerberom
• Japanese:ケルベロス(ja)(Keruberosu),Tam đầu khuyển(santōken)
• Korean:케르베로스(Kereuberoseu)
• Latin:Cerberusm
• Malay:Cerberus
• Norwegian:Kerberosm
• Polish:Cerber(pl)m
• Portuguese:Cérbero(pt)m
• Russian:Це́рберm(Cérber),Ке́рбер(ru)m(Kérber)
• Spanish:Cerberom
• Swahili:Serberom
• Swedish:Kerberosc,Cerberusc(antiquated),Cerberosc(somewhat antiquated)

German

Proper noun

Cerberusm(proper noun,strong,genitiveCerberus)

1. Alternative form ofZerberus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed fromAncient GreekΚέρβερος(Kérberos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈker.be.rus/,[ˈkɛrbɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃer.be.rus/,[ˈt͡ʃɛrberus]

Proper noun

CerberusorCerberosmsg(genitiveCerberī);second declension

1. (Greekmythology)Cerberus

Declension

Second-declensionnoun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cerberus Cerberos
genitive	Cerberī
dative	Cerberō
accusative	Cerberum
ablative	Cerberō
vocative	Cerbere

Descendants

• Catalan:Cèrber
• English:Cerberus
• French:Cerbère
• German:Zerberus
• Italian:Cerbero
• Polish:Cerber
• Portuguese:Cérbero
• Romanian:Cerber
• Serbo-Croatian:Kerber
• Spanish:Cerbero

References

• “Cerberus”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CerberusinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.