pinax

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pinax (plural pinaces or pinakes)

  1. A tablet or register.
  2. (by extension) A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
    • Sir 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 […]

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.naks/, [ˈpɪ.naks]

Noun

pinax m (genitive pinacis); third declension

  1. A picture on a wooden tablet

Inflection

Third declension.

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
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