κεραμίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κερᾰμῐ́ς (kerămĭ́s, “roof-tile”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from κέρᾰμος (kérămos, “pottery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.ra.mí.di.on/ → /ce.raˈmi.ði.on/ → /ce.raˈmi.ði.on/

• (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 • (kerămĭ́dĭon) n (genitive κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small tile

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον; τοῦ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον tò kerămĭ́dĭon	τὼ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω tṑ kerămĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kerămĭ́dĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ου toû kerămĭdĭ́ou	τοῖν κερᾰμῐδῐ́οιν toîn kerămĭdĭ́oin	τῶν κερᾰμῐδῐ́ων tôn kerămĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ῳ tôi kerămĭdĭ́ōi	τοῖν κερᾰμῐδῐ́οιν toîn kerămĭdĭ́oin	τοῖς κερᾰμῐδῐ́οις toîs kerămĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κερᾰμῐ́δῐον tò kerămĭ́dĭon	τὼ κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω tṑ kerămĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kerămĭ́dĭă
Vocative	κερᾰμῐ́δῐον kerămĭ́dĭon	κερᾰμῐδῐ́ω kerămĭdĭ́ō	κερᾰμῐ́δῐᾰ kerămĭ́dĭă
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) — Armeno-Turkish
    • 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