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View Name: Cerberus


CERBERUS
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Κερβερος (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: SUR-bə-rəs (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of the Greek Κερβερος (Kerberos), which possibly meant "demon of the pit". In Greek myth this was the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades.
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