κεραμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰμος (kéramos, “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 • (keramís) 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 keramís	τὼ κερᾰμῐ́δε tṑ keramíde	αἱ κερᾰμῐ́δες hai keramídes
Genitive	τῆς κερᾰμῐ́δος tês keramídos	τοῖν κερᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn keramídoin	τῶν κερᾰμῐ́δων tôn keramídōn
Dative	τῇ κερᾰμῐ́δῐ têi keramídi	τοῖν κερᾰμῐ́δοιν toîn keramídoin	ταῖς κερᾰμῐ́σῐ / κερᾰμῐ́σῐν taîs keramísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κερᾰμῐ́δᾰ tḕn keramída	τὼ κερᾰμῐ́δε tṑ keramíde	τᾱ̀ς κερᾰμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s keramídas
Vocative	κερᾰμῐ́ς keramís	κερᾰμῐ́δε keramíde	κερᾰμῐ́δες keramídes
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 keramī́s	τὼ κερᾰμῖδε tṑ keramîde	αἱ κερᾰμῖδες hai keramîdes
Genitive	τῆς κερᾰμῖδος tês keramîdos	τοῖν κερᾰμῑ́δοιν toîn keramī́doin	τῶν κερᾰμῑ́δων tôn keramī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κερᾰμῖδῐ têi keramîdi	τοῖν κερᾰμῑ́δοιν toîn keramī́doin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν κερᾰμῖσῐ / κερᾰμῖσῐν têisi(n) keramîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κερᾰμῖδᾰ tḕn keramîda	τὼ κερᾰμῖδε tṑ keramîde	τᾱ̀ς κερᾰμῖδᾰς tā̀s keramîdas
Vocative	κερᾰμῑ́ς keramī́s	κερᾰμῖδε keramîde	κερᾰμῖδες keramîdes
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