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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be a potter</b>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b3">κ. κανθάρους</b> <b class="b2">make earthenware</b> cups, <span class="bibl">Epig.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τρύβλια κακῶς κ., τὴν δὲ πόλιν εὖ καὶ καλῶς</b> he <b class="b2">tinkers</b> the state, of the demagogue Cephalos, whose father was a potter, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>253</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὸν κεραμέα</b> <b class="b2">make a pot of</b> the potter, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>301d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ Νέστορος ποτήριον πολλοὶ -εύουσι</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">discuss its manufacture</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.11.781d</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐκεραμεύσαντο . . ποτήρια</b> <b class="b2">they had</b> them <b class="b2">made</b>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143</span>:—Pass., χύτρα κεκεραμευμένη ὑπὸ ἀγαθοῦ κεραμέως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>288d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nicostr.Com.10</span>.</span>