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1 κέραμος
A potter's earth, potter's clay, Pl.Ti. 60d, Arist.Mete. 384b19, etc.; κ. ὠμός, ὀπτώμενος, ib. 380b8, 383a21.II anything made of this earth, as1 earthen vessel, wine-jar,ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο Il.9.469
, cf. Hdt.3.96; in collective sense, pottery, Ar.Ach. 902, Men.Sam.75, al.; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, Hdt.3.6, cf. 5.88, Alex.257.3, etc.2 tile, Ar.V. 1295 (of a tortoise's shell); collectively, tiling,τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις.. ξυντρίψομεν Id.Nu. 1127
, cf.Fr. 349, Th. 2.4;Κορίνθιος κ. IG22.1668.58
; Λακωνικός ib.463.69, 1672.188; roof, Pherecr.130.6, Herod.3.44, Gal.8.26, 9.824.III dungeon (said by Sch. to be Cyprian),χαλκέῳ ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο Il.5.387
, cf. Thphr.Char.6.6 cod. M; pl., Nonn.D.16.162. (Possibly cogn. with Lat.cremo.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κέραμος
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