κέραμος

Ancient Greek

Unknown. Has long been compared to κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix”), but could also be related to Latin cremō, Proto-West Germanic *herþ (English hearth), or Sanskrit कूडयति (kūḍayati, “to burn, scorch”). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek or Anatolian origin.

Related is κερᾰμεύς (kerameús, “potter”), which has a cognate in Mycenaean Greek 𐀐𐀨𐀕𐀄 (ke-ra-me-u /⁠kerameus⁠/) of the same meaning.

κέρᾰμος • (kéramos) m (genitive κερᾰ́μου); second declension

potter's clay
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 60D
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 384B.19
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 380B.8
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 383A.21
earthen vessel, pottery, wine-jar
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.469
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.96
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 902
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Girl from Samos 75
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.6
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.88
- 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, The Fugitive 1.3
tile
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1295
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1127
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.4
- 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Collected Works 130.6
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 3.44
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 8.26
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 9.824

Second declension of ὁ κέρᾰμος; τοῦ κερᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κέρᾰμος ho kéramos	τὼ κερᾰ́μω tṑ kerámō	οἱ κέρᾰμοι hoi kéramoi
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰ́μου toû kerámou	τοῖν κερᾰ́μοιν toîn kerámoin	τῶν κερᾰ́μων tôn kerámōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰ́μῳ tôi kerámōi	τοῖν κερᾰ́μοιν toîn kerámoin	τοῖς κερᾰ́μοις toîs kerámois
Accusative	τὸν κέρᾰμον tòn kéramon	τὼ κερᾰ́μω tṑ kerámō	τοὺς κερᾰ́μους toùs kerámous
Vocative	κέρᾰμε kérame	κερᾰ́μω kerámō	κέρᾰμοι kéramoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.