πίναξ

A. 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. Rom. 12; ἀγυρτικοὶ π. Id. Comp.Arist.Cat. 3, cf. πινάκιον 11.3.

b. 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'.)