Pinakes

See also: pinakes

English

Etymology

By proprialization from Ancient Greek πίνακες (pínakes, “tables”), plural of πίναξ (pínax, “table”); thus, "the Tables". By surface analysis, by proprialization from pinakes.

Proper noun

the Pinakes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural in form; plural or singular in syntax) A lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE.
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