Cerberus

Translingual

Cerberus rynchops

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cerberus m

1. 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

Fluffy, a monstrous three-headed dog in Harry Potter. Fluffy is probably inspired by Cerberus.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɝbəɹəs/

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• sop to Cerberus

Translations

mythological three-headed dog

• Arabic: سِيرْبِيرُوس (sīrbīrūs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地狱三头犬, 塞伯拉斯犬

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

  Ancient Greek: Κέρβερος m (Kérberos)

• Greenlandic: Kerberosi
• Inuktitut: ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ (siirpiros)
• Irish: Ceirbearas m
• Italian: Cerbero m
• Japanese: ケルベロス (ja) (Keruberosu), 三頭犬 (santōken)
• Korean: 케르베로스 (Kereuberoseu)
• Latin: Cerberus m
• Malay: Cerberus
• Norwegian: Kerberos m
• Polish: Cerber (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cérbero (pt) m
• Russian: Це́рбер m (Cérber), Ке́рбер (ru) m (Kérber)
• Spanish: Cerbero m
• Swahili: Serbero m
• Swedish: Kerberos c, Cerberus c (antiquated), Cerberos c (somewhat antiquated)

German

Proper noun

Cerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cerberus)

1. 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

1. (Greek mythology) Cerberus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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