"Κέρβερος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Κέρβερος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kér.be.ros/, /ˈcer.βe.ros/, /ˈcer.ve.ros/, /kér.be.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈker.be.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcer.βe.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcer.ve.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈcer.ve.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. Suggested to be cognate with Sanskrit शबल (śabala), कर्बुर (karbura, “speckled, spotted”), from Late Proto-Indo-European *ḱerbero- (“dappled, spotted”) ( perhaps compare Spot as a popular dog's name in English), but this is phonetically problematic and is rejected by Beekes. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{cog|sa|शबल}} Sanskrit शबल (śabala), {{gbooks|JY77EuSuLk8C|96}} 96, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ḱerbero-||dappled, spotted}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerbero- (“dappled, spotted”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Κερβέρου|m|second}} Κέρβερος • (Kérberos) m (genitive Κερβέρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Κέρβερος|ου|form=MS}} Forms: Kérberos [romanization], Κερβέρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Κέρβερος [nominative, singular], τοῦ Κερβέρου [genitive, singular], τῷ Κερβέρῳ [dative, singular], τὸν Κέρβερον [accusative, singular], Κέρβερε [singular, vocative]
  1. Cerberus, the three-headed dog which guards the entrance to Hades Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.βe.ros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kér.be.ros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈker.be.ros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.βe.ros/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/",
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      "ipa": "/kér.be.ros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.βe.ros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kér.be.ros/",
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.βe.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcer.ve.ros/",
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    }
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}

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