κέρᾰμος, ὁ,
rare plural κέραμα, τά, [[ “PPetr.” 3P. 327 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— potter's earth, potter's clay, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384b19, etc.; κ. ὠμός, ὀπτώμενος, [prev. work] 380b8, 383a21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II anything made of this earth, as
__II.1 earthen vessel, wine-jar, ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.469, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.96 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in collective sense, pottery, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 902, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 75, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.6, compare 5.88, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 257.3, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1.b jar of other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς [[ 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 7J. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 tile, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295 (of a tortoise's shell)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; collectively, tiling, τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις.. ξυντρίψομεν [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 1127, compare “fragment” 349, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; Κορίνθιος κ. “IG” 22.1668.58; Λακωνικός [prev. work]463.69, 1672.188;] Refs 5th c.BC+] roof, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 130.6, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.44, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.26, 9.824. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]