pinax

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnæks/

Noun

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 […]

Anagrams

• Pixna

Italian

Alternative forms

• pinace (rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.naks/
• Rhymes: -inaks
• Hyphenation: pì‧nax

Noun

pinax m (plural pinakes)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.naks/, [ˈpɪnäks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.naks/, [ˈpiːnäks]

Noun

pinax m (genitive pinacis); third declension

1. A picture on a wooden tablet

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pinax	pinacēs
Genitive	pinacis	pinacum
Dative	pinacī	pinacibus
Accusative	pinacem	pinacēs
Ablative	pinace	pinacibus
Vocative	pinax	pinacēs

References

• “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.