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κερα^μ-ίς , ίδος [ι^], , Diph.84, Ion. and later -ῖδος Emp. ap. Arist.EE1235a12, MM1208b11, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.18: (κέραμος):—
A.roof-tile, Ar.V.206, Th.3.22, Inscr.Délos 366.21, al. (iii B.C.), etc.; κ. ἀγελαῖαι common tiles, IG22.1672.209; Κορίνθιαι ib. 71; collectively, tiling, Arist.Ph.246a27, cf. ll.cc.; prop. of clay, but also of marble, IG22.1666B21, 25; “κ. ἀργυραῖPlb. 10.27.10; “κ. μολυβῆAth.14.621a, cf. Moschioib.5.207a.
2. = κεράμιον, PLond.3.1177.158 (ii A.D.), PIand.12.3 (iii/iv A.D.).
II. as Adj., γῆ κ. potter's earth, clay, Pl.Criti.111c, Lg.844b; “ γαῖα κεραμίEub.43.
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    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 206
    • Plato, Laws, 844b
    • Plato, Critias, 111c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.22
    • Polybius, Histories, 10.27.10
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