pinax

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/ˈpɪnæks/

noun

A tablet or register.

OriginLatin pinax ← Ancient Greek πίναξ →
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Meanings

nounpinax (plural pinaces or pinakes)

plural pinaces · plural pinakes

  1. A tablet or register.
  2. broadlyA list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.

    Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]

    1669, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπίναξ“tablet”
  2. Latinpinax
  3. Englishpinax

From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”).

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APA

pinax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinax

MLA

“pinax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinax. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinax,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinax.

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