It's a sop to Cerberus.
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Cerberus
//ˈsɝbəɹəs//
Synonyms for "cerberus" (48 found)
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Related words (24)
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36 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Κέρβερος name (mythological three-headed dog)
Arabic
1 entries- سِيرْبِيرُوس name (mythological three-headed dog)
Armenian
1 entries- Կերբերոս name (mythological three-headed dog)
Catalan
1 entries- Cèrber name (mythological three-headed dog)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 地狱三头犬 name (mythological three-headed dog)
- 塞伯拉斯犬 name (mythological three-headed dog)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲕⲉⲣⲃⲟⲩ name (mythological three-headed dog)
Czech
1 entries- Kerberos name (mythological three-headed dog)
Danish
1 entries- Kerberos name (mythological three-headed dog)
Esperanto
1 entries- Cerbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
French
1 entries- Cerbère name (mythological three-headed dog)
Galician
1 entries- Cérbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
German
1 entries- Zerberus name (mythological three-headed dog)
Greek
1 entries- Κέρβερος name (mythological three-headed dog)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Kerberosi name (mythological three-headed dog)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ name (mythological three-headed dog)
Irish
1 entries- Ceirbearas name (mythological three-headed dog)
Italian
1 entries- Cerbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
Japanese
2 entries- ケルベロス name (mythological three-headed dog)
- 三頭犬 name (mythological three-headed dog)
Korean
1 entries- 케르베로스 name (mythological three-headed dog)
Latin
1 entries- Cerberus name (mythological three-headed dog)
Malay
1 entries- Cerberus name (mythological three-headed dog)
Norwegian
1 entries- Kerberos name (mythological three-headed dog)
Polish
1 entries- Cerber name (mythological three-headed dog)
Portuguese
1 entries- Cérbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸਰਬੇਰਸ name (mythological three-headed dog)
Russian
2 entries- Ке́рбер name (mythological three-headed dog)
- Це́рбер name (mythological three-headed dog)
Spanish
1 entries- Cerbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
Swahili
1 entries- Serbero name (mythological three-headed dog)
Swedish
3 entries- Cerberos name (mythological three-headed dog)
- Cerberus name (mythological three-headed dog)
- Kerberos name (mythological three-headed dog)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Цербер name (mythological three-headed dog)
Welsh
1 entries- Serberws name (mythological three-headed dog)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
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He went with nothing but his lyre, and his music was so sweet that Cerberus stood listening, and let him pass, and all the torments of the Danaids, Sisyphus and all the rest, ceased while he was playing.
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