πιττάκιον
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], τό,
A tablet for writing on, label, ticket (cf. Eust.633.19 sq.), Dinol.7; written message, γράψας βραχὺ π. Plb.31.13.9, cf. D.L. 6.89, IG14.830.18 (Puteoli), POxy.136.36 (vi A.D.), etc.; ticket, pass, OGI674.21 (Egypt, i A.D.); receipt, PStrassb.44.3 (ii A.D.); votive tablet, CIG3442 (Philadelphia); promissory note, BGU 1155.15 (i B.C.), etc.; account-book, POxy.297.4 (pl., i A.D.), PGoodsp.Cair. 30 iv 5 (ii A.D.), etc. II list of members of an association, hence of the association itself, PTeb.112 Intr. (ii B.C.), etc.; cf. πιττακιάρχης. III Lat. pittacium, strip of leather, Cels.3.10.
