Πινάκιον
little board
Translated by David Whitehead9 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] wooden tablet. "The officials used to carry the little board from the general in the middle of the night."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πινάκιον· πυξίον. οἱ δὲ ἄρχοντες περὶ μέσας νύκτας ἔφερον τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ πινάκιον.
Betacode
*pina/kion: puci/on. oi( de\ a)/rxontes peri\ me/sas nu/ktas e)/feron to\ a)po\ tou= strathgou= pina/kion.
Notes (1)
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- π1610ΠινάκιαplatesThose employed instead of lots by those being allotted. These seem to be bronze, as Demosthenes indicates in the [speech] On the Name. In the Philippics, when the orator says "a tiny, tiny little plate, Athenians", he…
- π1613Πινακίοιςon boardsThere was a custom for the taxiarchs to announce to their own soldiers, through a herald, what had been decided; for instance, where it was necessary to march, and how many days' provisions should be planned for.…
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- Translated — David Whitehead