Associations to the word «Cerberus»

Wiktionary

CERBERUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae   — certain water snakes..
CERBERUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
CERBERUS, proper noun. (constellation) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.

Dictionary definition

CERBERUS, noun. (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats