κέραμος
keramos
potterʼs earth, potterʼs clay
Appears 25 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κέραμος, ὁ, rare pl. κέραμα, τά, PPetr. 3P.327 (iii B.C.):—A. potterʼs earth, potterʼs clay, Ti. 60d, 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. 3.96; in collective sense, pottery, Ach. 902, Sam. 75, al.; κ. ἐσάγεται πλήρης οἴνου jars full of wine, 3.6, cf. 5.88, 257.3, etc. b. jar of other material, κ. ἀργυροῦς 7J. 2. tile, V. 1295 (of a tortoiseʼs shell); collectively, tiling, τοῦ τέγους τὸν κέραμον αὐτοῦ χαλάζαις . . ξυντρίψομεν Nu. 1127, cf.Fr. 349, 2.4; Κορίνθιος κ. IG 22.1668.58; Λακωνικός ib.463.69, 1672.188; roof, 130.6, 3.44, 8.26, 9.824. 3. pottery (i.e.place of manufacture), ὁ κ. ὁ χυτρικός Tab.Defix.Praef.p.iib. III. dungeon (said by Sch. to be Cyprian), χαλκέῳ ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο Il. 5.387, cf. Char. 6.6 cod. M; pl., D. 16.162. (Possibly cogn. with Lat.cremo.)
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