κεραμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰμος (kérămos, “pottery”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.ra.mís/ → /ce.raˈmis/ → /ce.raˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.ra.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmis/

Noun

κερᾰμῐ́ς • (kerămĭ́s) f (genitive κερᾰμῐ́δος); third declension

1. roof-tile
2. earthen vessel
3. clay

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κερᾰμῐ́ς; τῆς κερᾰμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾰμῐ́ς hē kerămĭ́s	τὼ κερᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kerămĭ́de	αἱ κερᾰμῐ́δες hai kerămĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κερᾰμῐ́δος tês kerămĭ́dos	τοῖν κερᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kerămĭ́doin	τῶν κερᾰμῐ́δων tôn kerămĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κερᾰμῐ́δῐ têi kerămĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κερᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn kerămĭ́doin	ταῖς κερᾰμῐ́σῐ / κερᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs kerămĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κερᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn kerămĭ́dă	τὼ κερᾰμῐ́δε tṑ kerămĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κερᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kerămĭ́dăs
Vocative	κερᾰμῐ́ς kerămĭ́s	κερᾰμῐ́δε kerămĭ́de	κερᾰμῐ́δες kerămĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ἡ κερᾰμῑ́ς; τῆς κερᾰμῖδος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κερᾰμῑ́ς hē kerămī́s	τὼ κερᾰμῖδε tṑ kerămîde	αἱ κερᾰμῖδες hai kerămîdes
Genitive	τῆς κερᾰμῖδος tês kerămîdos	τοῖν κερᾰμῑ́δοιν toîn kerămī́doin	τῶν κερᾰμῑ́δων tôn kerămī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κερᾰμῖδῐ têi kerămîdĭ	τοῖν κερᾰμῑ́δοιν toîn kerămī́doin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν κερᾰμῖσῐ / κερᾰμῖσῐν têisĭ(n) kerămîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κερᾰμῖδᾰ tḕn kerămîdă	τὼ κερᾰμῖδε tṑ kerămîde	τᾱ̀ς κερᾰμῖδᾰς tā̀s kerămîdăs
Vocative	κερᾰμῑ́ς kerămī́s	κερᾰμῖδε kerămîde	κερᾰμῖδες kerămîdes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “κερᾰμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεραμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεραμίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • slate idem, page 782.
  • tile idem, page 874.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN