cerberon
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cerberos, Cerberi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
Cerberus; (three-headed dog guarding entrance to underworld);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...nobisultio. quin saevas utinam exorare liceretEumenidas timidaeque avertere Cerberon umbrae 95immemoremque tuis citius dare manibus amnem.' Macte animo..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...diem radiosque micantes obliquantem oculos nexis adamante catenis Cerberon abstraxit, rabida qui concitus ira inplevit pariter ternis latratibus..."