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a sop to Cerberus
a sop to Cerberus
A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Rahman | | - | Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, Malay |
| Shirlee | | SHUR-lee | English |
| Adlai | | AD-lay (English), AD-lie (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
| Baila | | - | Yiddish |
| ŠImona | | - | Czech |
| Arie (2) | | ahr-YE | Hebrew |