Diminutive of pinax; a tablet (for writing on) -- writing table.
see GREEK pinax
a. a small tablet.
b. specifically, a writing-tablet: Luke 1:63 (Tr marginal reading πινακιδα; see the following word); Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 74. STRONGS NT 4093: πινακίς [πινακίς, πινικιδος, ἡ, equivalent to πινακίδιον (which see): Luke 1:63 Tr marginal reading (Epictetus, Plutarch, Artemidorus Daldianus, others.)