πινάκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίναξ (pínax, “board, tablet”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.ná.ki.on/ → /piˈna.ci.on/ → /piˈna.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.ná.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈna.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈna.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈna.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈna.ci.on/

Noun

πῐνᾰ́κῐον • (pinákion) n (genitive πῐνᾰκῐ́ου); second declension

1. small tablet on which the dicasts wrote their verdict
2. notice board on which laws and decrees were written
3. tablet, memorandum book
4. votive tablet
5. tablet for painting upon
6. small plate or dish
7. astronomical table

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐνᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ πῐνᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐνᾰ́κῐον tò pinákion	τὼ πῐνᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pinakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pinákia
Genitive	τοῦ πῐνᾰκῐ́ου toû pinakíou	τοῖν πῐνᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pinakíoin	τῶν πῐνᾰκῐ́ων tôn pinakíōn
Dative	τῷ πῐνᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi pinakíōi	τοῖν πῐνᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pinakíoin	τοῖς πῐνᾰκῐ́οις toîs pinakíois
Accusative	τὸ πῐνᾰ́κῐον tò pinákion	τὼ πῐνᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pinakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pinákia
Vocative	πῐνᾰ́κῐον pinákion	πῐνᾰκῐ́ω pinakíō	πῐνᾰ́κῐᾰ pinákia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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