Κεραμεικός

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

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From κεραμεικός (kerameikós, “ceramic”) < κεραμεύς m (kerameús, “potter”) κεραμε- + -ικός (-ikós).

Proper noun

Κερᾰμεικός • (Kerameikós) m (genitive Κερᾰμεικοῦ); second declension

  1. A neighbourhood of Athens in Greece, Ceramicus

Etymology 2

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From Κέραμος f (Kéramos, “Ceramus”), an ancient city of Caria on the gulf.

Proper noun

Κερᾰμεικός • (Kerameikós) m (genitive Κερᾰμεικοῦ); second declension

  1. A gulf of the Mediterranean Sea, Ceramic Gulf; the contemporary Gulf of Kerme; Gulf of Gökova

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κερᾰμεικός; τοῦ Κερᾰμεικοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κερᾰμεικός
ho Kerameikós
Genitive τοῦ Κερᾰμεικοῦ
toû Kerameikoû
Dative τῷ Κερᾰμεικῷ
tôi Kerameikôi
Accusative τὸν Κερᾰμεικόν
tòn Kerameikón
Vocative Κερᾰμεικέ
Kerameiké
Notes:

References

  • “κεραμεικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κεραμεικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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