πινάκιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πίναξ (pínax, “board, tablet”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.ná.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈna.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈna.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈna.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈna.ci.on/
Noun
πῐνᾰ́κῐον • (pĭnắkĭon) n (genitive πῐνᾰκῐ́ου); second declension
- small tablet on which the dicasts wrote their verdict
- notice board on which laws and decrees were written
- tablet, memorandum book
- votive tablet
- tablet for painting upon
- small plate or dish
- astronomical table
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πῐνᾰ́κῐον tò pĭnắkĭon |
τὼ πῐνᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pĭnăkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ pĭnắkĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῐνᾰκῐ́ου toû pĭnăkĭ́ou |
τοῖν πῐνᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pĭnăkĭ́oin |
τῶν πῐνᾰκῐ́ων tôn pĭnăkĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῐνᾰκῐ́ῳ tōî pĭnăkĭ́ōi |
τοῖν πῐνᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pĭnăkĭ́oin |
τοῖς πῐνᾰκῐ́οις toîs pĭnăkĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πῐνᾰ́κῐον tò pĭnắkĭon |
τὼ πῐνᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pĭnăkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ tằ pĭnắkĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῐνᾰ́κῐον pĭnắkĭon |
πῐνᾰκῐ́ω pĭnăkĭ́ō |
πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ pĭnắkĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πινάκιο (pinákio)
Further reading
- πινάκιον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πινάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πινάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette