penь

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `wooden plank, dish, writing table, public statement, chart, painting' (Il.).

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πινακο-θήκη f. `collection of paintings' (Str.), λειχο-πίναξ m.. `dish-licker' as joking name (Batr.).

Derivatives: Several diminut.: πινάκ-ιον (Att.), - ίς (com.), - ίδιον (Hp., Arist.), - ίσκος (com.), - ίσκιον (Antiph.). Other derivv.: πινακ-ι-κός `belonging to the board' (Vett. Val.), - ιαῖος `as thick (large) as a πίναξ' (Hippiatr.), - ωσις f. `timber-, tablework' (Plu.); - ιδ-ᾶς m. `πινακίδες salesman' (Hdn. Gr.); - ηδόν `like planks' (Ar.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Technical word like κάμαξ, κλῖμαξ, στύραξ, πύνδαξ a. o. (Chantraine Form. 377f., Schwyzer 497). Since Fick 1, 83 a. 482 identified with Skt. pínākam n. `staff, stick', Slav., e.g. CSl. pьnь, Russ. penь m. `tree-stump, bobbin, stem'; on the meaning cf. Lat. caudex (-o-) `tree-trunk, bobbin, wooden table, book'. The suffixal agreement between Greek and Skt. (except for the quantity) is hardly old. -- WP. 2, 71, Pok. 830, Vasmer s.v.; by Mayrhofer s.v. with reserve recommended. -- Without any doubt a Pre-Greek word; - ακ- is very frequent in Pre-Greek (but not in Furnée!).

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