pinax

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, tablet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinax (plural pinaces or pinakes)

  1. A tablet or register.
  2. (by extension) A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
    • 1669, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne:
      Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax []

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Transliteration of Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax). Doublet of pinace.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinax m (plural pinakes)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) pinax (tablet)
  2. (archaeology, in the plural) votive clay tablet with embossings

Further reading

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  • pinax in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pinax m (genitive pinacis); third declension

  1. A picture on a wooden tablet

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pinax pinacēs
genitive pinacis pinacum
dative pinacī pinacibus
accusative pinacem pinacēs
ablative pinace pinacibus
vocative pinax pinacēs

References

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  • pinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pinax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.