Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Unknown. Suggested to be cognate with Sanskrit शबल (śabala), कर्बुर (karbura, speckled, spotted),[1] from Late Proto-Indo-European *ḱerbero- (dappled, spotted) ( perhaps compare Spot as a popular dog's name in English),[2] but this is phonetically problematic and is rejected by Beekes.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Κέρβερος (Kérberosm (genitive Κερβέρου); second declension

  1. Cerberus, the three-headed dog which guards the entrance to Hades

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Bruce Lincoln, Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice (1991, →ISBN, 96)
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑erbero-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 578
  • Κέρβερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κέρβερος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
  • Klein
  • Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World