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κεραμίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεραμίς κεραμίδος

Structure: κεραμιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ke/ramos

Sense

  1. roof-tile
  2. earthen vessel
  3. clay

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ὕδωρ ἐκαρποῦτ’ ἐκ Διόσ, οὐχ ὡσ νῦν ἀπολλῦσα ῥέον ἀπὸ ψιλῆσ τῆσ γῆσ εἰσ θάλατταν, ἀλλὰ πολλὴν ἔχουσα καὶ εἰσ αὐτὴν καταδεχομένη, τῇ κεραμίδι στεγούσῃ γῇ διαταμιευομένη, τὸ καταποθὲν ἐκ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ὕδωρ εἰσ τὰ κοῖλα ἀφιεῖσα κατὰ πάντασ τοὺσ τόπουσ παρείχετο ἄφθονα κρηνῶν καὶ ποταμῶν νάματα, ὧν καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐπὶ ταῖσ πηγαῖσ πρότερον οὔσαισ ἱερὰ λελειμμένα ἐστὶν σημεῖα ὅτι περὶ αὐτῆσ ἀληθῆ λέγεται τὰ νῦν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 36:1)

Synonyms

  1. roof-tile

  2. earthen vessel

  3. clay

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