Cerberus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin. Doublet of Kerberos. === 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 – clade; 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 == === Etymology === From Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɝbəɹəs/ === 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 ==== sop to Cerberus ==== Descendants ==== → Punjabi: ਸਰਬੇਰਸ (sarberas) → Welsh: Serberws ==== Translations ==== == 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): [ˈkɛr.bɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.be.rus] === Proper noun === Cerberus or Cerberos m sg (genitive Cerberī); second declension (Greek mythology) Cerberus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== 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.