κεραμίδιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κερᾰμῐ́ς (keramís, “roof-tile”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), from κέρᾰμος (kéramos, “pottery”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.ra.mí.di.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈmi.di.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmi.ði.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmi.ði.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈmi.ði.on/

Noun

κερᾰμῐ́δῐον • (keramídion) n (genitive κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου); second declension

small tile

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον; τοῦ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον tò keramídion	τὼ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω tṑ keramidíō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ tà keramídia
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου toû keramidíou	τοῖν κερᾰμῐδῐ́οιν toîn keramidíoin	τῶν κερᾰμῐδῐ́ων tôn keramidíōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ῳ tôi keramidíōi	τοῖν κερᾰμῐδῐ́οιν toîn keramidíoin	τοῖς κερᾰμῐδῐ́οις toîs keramidíois
Accusative	τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον tò keramídion	τὼ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω tṑ keramidíō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ tà keramídia
Vocative	κερᾰμῐ́δῐον keramídion	κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω keramidíō	κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ keramídia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: κεραμίδι (keramídi)
- → Bulgarian: керемида (keremida)
- → Aromanian: chirãmidã
- → Macedonian: ќерамида (ḱeramida)
- → Megleno-Romanian: chirămidă
- → Romanian: cărămidă
- → Ottoman Turkish: كرمید (kiremid), كرمت (keremit, kiremit), كرمیت (keremit, kiremit); քիրէմիտ (kiremid)
  - Turkish: kiremit
  - → Armenian: քիրեմիտ (kʻiremit), քիրամիտ (kʻiramit)
  - → Laz: კერემიდი (ǩeremidi)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: ћеремид／ćeremid
Pontic Greek: κεραμίδιν (keramídin), κεραμίδι (keramídi), κεραμίδ' (keramíd')
→ Aramaic: קַרְמִידָא / ܩܱܪܡܺܝܕܴܐ (qarmīḏā)
- → Arabic: قِرْمِيد (qirmīd)
→ Old Armenian: կղմինդր (kłmindr)
Unsorted:
- Georgian: კრამიტი (ḳramiṭi)

References

“κεραμίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κεραμίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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