κεραμεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρᾰμος (kérămos, “pottery”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, suffix for person concerned).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀨𐀕𐀄 (ke-ra-me-u /⁠kerameus⁠/, “potter”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κερᾰμεύς • (kerămeús) m (genitive κερᾰμέως); third declension

  1. potter
    1. (in the plural) guild of potters
  2. (figuratively, in the phrases κεραμέως πλοῦτος, κεραμεὺς ἄνθρωπος) something frail and uncertain

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κερᾰμεύς; τοῦ κερᾰμέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κερᾰμεύς
ho kerămeús 		τὼ κερᾰμῆ
tṑ kerămê 		οἱ κερᾰμῆς / κερᾰμεῖς
hoi kerămês / kerămeîs
Genitive τοῦ κερᾰμέως
toû kerăméōs 		τοῖν κερᾰμέοιν
toîn kerăméoin 		τῶν κερᾰμέων
tôn kerăméōn
Dative τῷ κερᾰμεῖ
tōî kerămeî 		τοῖν κερᾰμέοιν
toîn kerăméoin 		τοῖς κερᾰμεῦσῐ / κερᾰμεῦσῐν
toîs kerămeûsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κερᾰμέᾱ
tòn kerăméā 		τὼ κερᾰμῆ
tṑ kerămê 		τοὺς κερᾰμέᾱς
toùs kerăméās
Vocative κερᾰμεῦ
kerămeû 		κερᾰμῆ
kerămê 		κερᾰμῆς / κερᾰμεῖς
kerămês / kerămeîs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Κεραμεῖς (Kerameîs, “Attic deme”)

References

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