Cerberus

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; Squamata - subclass; 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

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English

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.

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)

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German

Proper noun

Cerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cerberus)

1. Alternative form of Zerberus