"Pinakes" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Pinakes [canonical, plural]
Etymology: By proprialization from Ancient Greek πίνακες (pínakes, “tables”), plural of πίναξ (pínax, “table”); thus, "the Tables". By surface analysis, by proprialization from pinakes. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πίνακες||tables}} Ancient Greek πίνακες (pínakes, “tables”), {{glossary|surface analysis}} surface analysis Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|head=the Pinakes}} the Pinakes pl (plural only)
  1. (plural in form; plural or singular in syntax) A lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE. Tags: plural, plural-only, singular
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