κέρᾰμος,ὁ, rare pl.κέραμα,τά , PPetr. 3P.
327
(iii B.C.):—
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, as
1. 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 jarsfull of wine, Hdt. 3.6 , cf. 5.88 , Alex. 257.3 , etc.
b. jarof other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς
Ptol.Euerg. 7J.
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.
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