The corpus record

κεραμεύς

kerameus · ὁ

potter

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Where it lives

Lysis 4 · 5.76/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Isaias 5 · 1.9/10k
Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
Euthydemus 2 · 1.61/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Jeremias 4 · 1.44/10k
Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κερᾰμ-εύς · keram-eus — LSJ

potter

potter, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν . . κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται Il. 18.601, cf. Hom. Epigr. 14.1, etc.; οἱ κ., a guild at Thyatira, IGRom. 4.1205: prov., καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει Hes. Op. 25, cf. Arist. Rh. 1381b16, EN 1155a35; κεραμέως πλοῦτος and κεραμεὺς ἅνθρωπος, prov., of anything frail and uncertain, Diogenian. 5.97, 98.

Κεραμεῖς, Att. Κεραμῆς, οἱ, name of an Attic deme, Ar. Ra. 1093 (anap.), Pl. Prt. 315d, etc.

In the wild

κεραμῆς · keramēs Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 415)
κεραμεὺς · kerameus Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
κεραμεῖ · keramei Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
κεραμεῖς · kerameis Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1155a (DIORISIS sentence 2642)
κεραμεὺς · kerameus Aristotle, Politics 1312b (DIORISIS sentence 2135)
κεραμεῖ · keramei Aristotle, Politics 1312b (DIORISIS sentence 2135)

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Where it came from

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