σανίς
Alt. σα^νίς, ίδος, ἡ,
I. "a board, plank", Anth., etc.
II. "anything made of planks":
1. "a door", in pl. "folding doors", Lat. fores, Hom.:—rare in sg., Eur.
2. "a wooden platform, scaffold or stage", Od.: "a ship's deck", Eur.
3. in pl. "wooden tablets" for writing on, id=Eur.:—at Athens, "tablets" on which were written public notices, Ar., etc.
4. "a plank to which offenders were bound or nailed", Hdt.; so perh. in Od. 22. 174.