platter

Greek Noun Male

πίναξ, -ακος, ὁ [in LXX: 4Ma.17:7 R *;] prop, a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles; (a) a tablet; (b) a disc, a dish: Mat.14:8, 11, Mrk.6:25, 28 Luk.11:39. (AS)

platter

Greek Noun Male

πίναξ [ῐ], ᾰκος, ὁ, board, plank, πίνακάς τε νεῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+], compare πινακηδό; πίνακος κουρά sawdust, [Refs 5th c.AD+] 1) drawing- or writing-tablet, ={δέλτος}, γράψας ἐν π. πτυκτῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a votive tablet hung on the image of a god, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πίνακες tables or catalogues of authors, name of a work by Callimachus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; lists of philosophers, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2) trencher, platter, κρειῶν πίνακας παρέθηκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀργυροῦ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; salver, πίνακα. μέγαν, ἔχοντα μικροὺς πέντε πινακίσκους [Refs]; πίνακες ὑέλινοι [Refs 6th c.AD+] 3) board for painting on, picture, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 4) generally, plate with anything drawn or engraved on it, χάλκεος π, of a map, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γεωγραφικός, first made by Anaximander, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 5) board or tablet on which astronomical tables were drawn, ἡ περὶ πίνακα μέθοδος the art of casting nativities, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀγυρτικοὶ π. [Refs] 5.b) proverbial, ἐκ πίνακος καὶ πυλαίας, of a trivial fiction, [Refs] 6) public notice-board or register, π. ἐκκλησιαστικός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but δαμόσιος π. public archive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 7) strop, to sharpen knives on, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 8) toy-theatre for marionettes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] (Cf. OSlavonic p[icaron]n[icaron] 'tree-stump'.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

a plate; charger, platter; apparently a form of g4109 (πλάξ)