"Cerberus" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈsɝbəɹəs/
Etymology: From Latin Cerberus, from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Cerberus}} Latin Cerberus, {{der|en|grc|Κέρβερος}} Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cerberus
  1. (Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures, Mythological figures Categories (lifeform): Dogs Translations (mythological three-headed dog): Κέρβερος (Kérberos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سِيرْبِيرُوس (sīrbīrūs) (Arabic), 地狱三头犬 (Chinese Mandarin), 塞伯拉斯犬 (Chinese Mandarin), ⲕⲉⲣⲃⲟⲩ (kerbou) (Coptic), Kerberos [masculine] (Czech), Kerberos (Danish), Cerbero (Esperanto), Cerbère [masculine] (French), Cérbero [masculine] (Galician), Zerberus [masculine] (German), Κέρβερος (Kérveros) [masculine] (Greek), Kerberosi (Greenlandic), ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ (siirpiros) (Inuktitut), Ceirbearas [masculine] (Irish), Cerbero [masculine] (Italian), ケルベロス (Keruberosu) (Japanese), 三頭犬 (santōken) (Japanese), 케르베로스 (Kereuberoseu) (Korean), Cerberus [masculine] (Latin), Cerberus (Malay), Kerberos [masculine] (Norwegian), Cerber [masculine] (Polish), Cérbero [masculine] (Portuguese), Це́рбер (Cérber) [masculine] (Russian), Ке́рбер (Kérber) [masculine] (Russian), Cerbero [masculine] (Spanish), Serbero [masculine] (Swahili), Kerberos [common-gender] (Swedish), Cerberus [common-gender, dated] (Swedish), Cerberos [common-gender, dated] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Cerberus-en-name-C3I1YCDB Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 64 36 Disambiguation of Mythological figures: 62 38 Disambiguation of Dogs: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythological three-headed dog': 79 21
  2. (astronomy) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules. Categories (topical): Constellations
    Sense id: en-Cerberus-en-name-pvX10-KB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sop to Cerberus

Proper name [German]

Forms: Cerberus [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m}} Cerberus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cerberus)
  1. Alternative form of Zerberus Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine, proper-noun, strong Alternative form of: Zerberus
    Sense id: en-Cerberus-de-name-oW6Ul2X- Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /ˈker.be.rus/ [Classical], [ˈkɛrbɛrʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈt͡ʃer.be.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛrberus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Κέρβερος}} Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Cerberus<2>|nom_sg=Cerberus/Cerberos}} Cerberus or Cerberos m sg (genitive Cerberī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Cerberus<2>|nom_sg=Cerberus/Cerberos}} Forms: Cerberus [canonical], Cerberos [canonical, masculine, singular], Cerberī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cerberus [nominative, singular], Cerberos [nominative, singular], Cerberī [genitive, singular], Cerberō [dative, singular], Cerberum [accusative, singular], Cerberō [ablative, singular], Cerbere [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Cerberus Tags: Greek, declension-2 Categories (topical): Greek mythology

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|Κέρβερος}} Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Cerberus|nogendercat=1}} Cerberus m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Homalopsidae – certain water snakes. Tags: masculine Hyponyms (genus): Cerberus rynchops (english: type species)
    Sense id: en-Cerberus-mul-name-9f88RpdE Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Tetrapoda (english: superclass), Reptilia (english: family) [class], Diapsida (english: subclass), Lepidosauromorpha (english: infraclass), Lepidosauria (english: superorder), Squamata (english: order), Serpentes (english: suborder), Caenophidia (english: infraorder), Homalopsoidea (english: superfamily), Homalopsidae (english: family)

Alternative forms

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          "Zerberus#German"
        ]
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}

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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          },
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          "args": {
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        "table-tags"
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        "dative",
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        "accusative",
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      "args": {
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    }
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      "args": {
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Society",
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            "Europe",
            "Asia",
            "All topics",
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            "Nature"
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          "Cerberus",
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        "Greek",
        "declension-2"
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        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ˈker.be.rus/",
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        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛrbɛrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃer.be.rus/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛrberus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Dogs",
    "en:Mythological creatures",
    "en:Mythological figures"
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    {
      "word": "sop to Cerberus"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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        "en:Greek mythology"
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        "The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon."
      ],
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        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
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        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
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          "Hades",
          "Hades"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "Echidna",
          "Echidna"
        ],
        [
          "Typhon",
          "Typhon"
        ]
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        "(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
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        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "Hercules",
          "Hercules"
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        "(astronomy) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules."
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɝbəɹəs/"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sīrbīrūs",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "سِيرْبِيرُوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "地狱三头犬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "塞伯拉斯犬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "kerbou",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "ⲕⲉⲣⲃⲟⲩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerberos"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "Kerberos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "Cerbero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerbère"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cérbero"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerberus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kérveros",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Κέρβερος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Kérberos",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Κέρβερος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "Kerberosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "siirpiros",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ceirbearas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerbero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Keruberosu",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "ケルベロス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "santōken",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "三頭犬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kereuberoseu",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "케르베로스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerberus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "word": "Cerberus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerberos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerber"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cérbero"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Cérber",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Це́рбер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kérber",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ке́рбер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerbero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Serbero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Kerberos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "Cerberus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mythological three-headed dog",
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        "common-gender",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "Cerberos"
    }
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    "Cerberus"
  ],
  "word": "Cerberus"
}

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      "form": "Cerberus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
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        {
          "word": "Zerberus"
        }
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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German proper nouns"
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        "Alternative form of Zerberus"
      ],
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}

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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "Cerberus"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Cerberus",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Zerberus"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Cerber"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ro",
            "2": "Cerber"
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Serbo-Croatian: Kerber"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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        "singular"
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        "genitive"
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cerberī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cerberō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cerberum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Cerberō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
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        "nom_sg": "Cerberus/Cerberos"
      },
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    }
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        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cerberus"
      ],
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        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Cerberus",
          "Cerberus#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Cerberus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈker.be.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɛrbɛrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃer.be.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛrberus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cerberus"
}

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        "2": "grc",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "g2": "",
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        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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    {
      "english": "superkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Animalia"
    },
    {
      "english": "subkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Bilateria"
    },
    {
      "english": "infrakingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Deuterostomia"
    },
    {
      "english": "phylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Chordata"
    },
    {
      "english": "subphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Vertebrata"
    },
    {
      "english": "infraphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Gnathostomata"
    },
    {
      "english": "superclass",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Tetrapoda"
    },
    {
      "english": "family",
      "sense": "genus",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ],
      "word": "Reptilia"
    },
    {
      "english": "subclass",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Diapsida"
    },
    {
      "english": "infraclass",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Lepidosauromorpha"
    },
    {
      "english": "superorder",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Lepidosauria"
    },
    {
      "english": "order",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Squamata"
    },
    {
      "english": "suborder",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Serpentes"
    },
    {
      "english": "infraorder",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Caenophidia"
    },
    {
      "english": "superfamily",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Homalopsoidea"
    },
    {
      "english": "family",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Homalopsidae"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "english": "type species",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Cerberus rynchops"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Homalopsidae – certain water snakes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Homalopsidae",
          "Wikispecies:Homalopsidae"
        ],
        [
          "water snake",
          "water snake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cerberus"
}

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