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..."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..."
