cerberus

incontável · nome próprio

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld, Hades; offspring of Typhon.

• 🇵🇹Nome próprio da mitologia grega que designa o cão de três cabeças que guarda a entrada do submundo de Hades; descendente de Tífon. Também usado como substantivo comum para um guardião severo ou porteiro inflexível.

1. Mythological guardian C1 formal

   In Greek mythology, a monstrous three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld, Hades, preventing the dead from leaving and the living from entering without permission.

   • Heracles' final labor was to capture Cerberus from the underworld.
   • In many stories, Cerberus is depicted as a fierce and loyal guardian.
   • Orpheus charmed Cerberus with his music to pass through the gates of Hades.

   🇵🇹Guardião mitológico

• cerberuses plural form
• cerberuses' possessive plural form
• cerberus's possessive singular form