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cerberus
/ˈsɝbəɹəs/
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What does cerberus mean?
proper noun
- The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
- A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɝbəɹəs/
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It must have been deserted by its usual Cerberus, for Mme.
The dog Cerberus was supposed to be watching at the feet of Pluto, and a dog and a youth were periodically sacrificed to that deity.
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Nay, rather damn them with King Cerberus; and let the welkin roar.
Notwithstanding the little sop he had thrown out to feed the vanity of this roaring Cerberus, the only answer he received was a renewal of the noise, intermingled with shouts of "Hoax! hoax! imposition!"
At the head of an ice-tongue that nearly closed the gap through which we might enter the open space was a wave-worn berg shaped like some curious antediluvian monster, an icy Cerberus guarding the way.