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CERBERUS
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Greek Mythology (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS:
Κερβερος
(Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED:
SUR-bə-rəs
(English)
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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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