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Strong's #4094 - πίναξ
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- a board, a tablet
- a dish, plate, platter
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πίναξ [ ῐ], ᾰκος, ὁ,
board, plank, πίνακάς τε νεῶν Od. 12.67; εὐγόμφοισιν . . πινάκεσσιν Opp. H. 1.194, cf. πινακηδόν; πίνακος κουρά sawdust, Hsch.: hence of things made of flat wood, metal, etc.,
1 drawing - or writing-tablet, = δέλτος, γράψας ἐν π. πτυκτῷ Il. 6.169; πίναξιν . . ἐγγεγραμμένα A. Supp. 946; πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι Ar. Th. 778; ἐν χρυσῷ π. γράψαντες Pl. Criti. 120c, cf. R. 501a; of a votive tablet hung on the image of a god, A. Supp. 463, cf. Arist. Pol. 1341a36, IG 42(1).121.24(Epid., ivB. C., pl.), Herod. 4.19, Str. 8.6.15 (pl.), etc.; Πίνακες tables or catalogues of authors, name of a work by Callimachus, D.L. 8.86, cf. Ath. 6.244a, 13.585b, Suid. s.v. Καλλίμαχος; lists of philosophers, Plu. Sull. 26; αἵ τ' ἀναγραφαὶ τῶν π. αἵ τε βυβλιοθῆκαι Phld. Sto. 339.13 .
2. trencher, platter, κρειῶν πίνακας παρέθηκεν Od. 1.141, cf. 16.49; ἐπ' ἀργυροῦ π . Philippid. 9.4; π. χαλκοῦς Ath. 4.128d; salver, πίνακα . . μέγαν, ἔχοντα μικροὺς πέντε πινακίσκους Lync. 1.5, cf. 17, 19; πίνακες ὑέλινοι Aët. 7.106 .
3. board for painting on, picture, Simon. 178, Anaxandr. 33.2; π. οἱ γραφόμενοι Thphr. HP 5.7.4, cf. IG 11(2).161 A 75 (Delos, iii B. C. ).
4. generally, plate with anything drawn or engraved on it, χάλκεος π ., of a map, Hdt. 5.49, cf. Plu. Thes. 1; π. γεωγραφικός, first made by Anaximander, Str. 1.1.11 .
5. board or tablet on which astronomical tables were drawn, ἡ περὶ πίνακα μέθοδος the art of casting nativities, Plu. Romans 12; ἀγυρτικοὶ π . Id. Comp.Arist.Cat. 3, cf. πινάκιον 11.3 . prov., ἐκ πίνακος καὶ πυλαίας, of a trivial fiction, Id. 2.386b.
6. public notice-board or register, π. ἐκκλησιαστικός D. 44.35, etc.; but δαμόσιος π . public archive, SIG 671 A 15 (Delph., ii B. C. ).
7. strop, to sharpen knives on, Thphr. HP 5.5.1 .
8. toy-theatre for marionettes, Hero Aut. 23.1, al. (Cf. OSlav. p[icaron]n[icaron] 'tree-stump'.)
πίναξ, πίνακος, ὁ (common thought to be from ΠΙΝΟΣ a pine, and so properly, 'a pine-board'; according to the conjecture of Buttmann, Ausf. Spr. i. 74 n., from πναξ for πλάξ (i. e. anything broad and flat (cf. English plank)) with ἰ inserted, as in πινυτός for πνυτος (according to Fick i. 146 from Sanskritpinaka, a stick, staff)), from Homer down;
1. a board, a tablet.
2. a dish, plate, platter: Matthew 14:8, 11; Mark 6:25,(27 Lachmann brackets),28; Luke 11:39; Homer, Odyssey 1, 141; 16, 49; others.
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** πίναξ , -ακος , ὁ ,
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 17:7 R *;]
prop.,
a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles;
(a) a tablet;
(b) a disc, a dish: Matthew 14:8; Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:25; Mark 6:28 Luke 11:39.†
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