Cerberus

From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin.

Cerberus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Homalopsidae – certain water snakes.

• (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

• (genus): Cerberus rynchops (New Guinea bockadam, dog-faced water snake) - type species

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From Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɝbəɹəs/

Cerberus

1. (Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
2. (astronomy) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.

• sop to Cerberus

Cerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cerberus)

1. Alternative form of Zerberus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos).

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

Cerberus or Cerberos m sg (genitive Cerberī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cerberus

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “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.