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κερα^μ-εύω ,
A.to be a potter, Phryn.Com.15, Pl.R.467a, etc.
2. c. acc., κ. κανθάρους make earthenware cups, Epig.4; τὰ τρύβλια κακῶς κ., τὴν δὲ πόλιν εὖ καὶ καλῶς he tinkers the state, of the demagogue Cephalos, whose father was a potter, Ar.Ec.253; κ. τὸν κεραμέα make a pot of the potter, Pl.Euthd.301d; τὸ Νέστορος ποτήριον πολλοὶ -εύουσι, i.e. discuss its manufacture, Ath.11.781d:—Med., ἐκεραμεύσαντο . . ποτήρια they had them made, Pherecr.143:—Pass., “χύτρα κεκεραμευμένη ὑπὸ ἀγαθοῦ κεραμέωςPl.Hp.Ma.288d, cf. Nicostr.Com.10.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 253
    • Plato, Republic, 467a
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 301d
    • Plato, Greater Hippias, 288d
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