Lexical Definition

‎πίναξ‎ pínax (pin'-ax) platter ^G:N-M
apparently a form of ‎πλάξ‎

charger, platter.

• a plate

Abbott-Smith

** πίναξ, -ακος, ὁ, [in LXX: IV Mac 17:7 R*;]
prop., a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles;
(a) a tablet;
(b) a disc, a dish: Mt 14:8, 11, Mk 6:25, 28, Lk 11:39.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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 [πίναξιν.. ἐγγεγραμμένα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 946; πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 778; ἐν χρυσῷ π. γράψαντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120c, compare “R.” 501a ">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'.)