cerbereos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cerbereus, Cerberea, Cerbereum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
of/connected with Cerberus; (three-headed dog guarding entrance to underworld);
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...foves longumque vetas exire dolorem?nempe times ne Cerbereos Priscilla tremescatlatratus? tacet ille piis; ne tardior adsit 250navita..."- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...attrahit una et corpus quaerens femorum crurumque pedumque Cerbereos rictus pro partibus invenit illis: statque canum rabie subiectaque..."