τύμπανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • τῠ́πᾰνον (túpanon) Poetic
  • τῠ́μπᾰνος (túmpanos)

Etymology

From τῠ́πτω (túptō, to strike, beat, smite) + -ᾰνον (-anon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῠ́μπᾰνον • (túmpanon) n (genitive τῠμπᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. (music) drum, kettledrum
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 4.76 :
      ἐς ταύτην δὴ κᾰτᾰδῠ̀ς ὁ Ᾰ̓νᾰ́χᾰρσῐς τὴν ὁρτὴν ἐπετέλεε πᾶσᾰν τῇ θεῷ, τῠ́μπᾰνον τε ἔχων καὶ ἐκδησᾰ́μενος ᾰ̓γᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ.
      es taútēn dḕ katadùs ho Anákharsis tḕn hortḕn epetélee pâsan têi theôi, túmpanon te ékhōn kaì ekdēsámenos agálmata.
      Hidden there, Anacharsis celebrated the goddess' ritual with exactness, carrying a small drum and hanging images about himself.
  2. instrument of torture
    1. drumstick, staff, cudgel
  3. wheel in a machine, cylinder or drum of a piston
  4. (architecture) sunken triangular space enclosed by the cornice of the pediment; square panel of a door

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐκτῠμπᾰ́νωσῐς (ektumpánōsis)
  • ἡμῐτῠμπᾰ́νῐστος (hēmitumpánistos)
  • περῐτῠμπᾰνῐ́ζομαι (peritumpanízomai)
  • τῠμπᾰνεύς (tumpaneús)
  • τῠμπᾰνόδουπος (tumpanódoupos)
  • τῠμπᾰνοειδής (tumpanoeidḗs)
  • τῠμπᾰνόεις (tumpanóeis)
  • τῠμπᾰνόομαι (tumpanóomai)
  • τῠμπᾰνοτερπής (tumpanoterpḗs)
  • τῠμπᾰνοτρῐ́βης (tumpanotríbēs)
  • τῠμπᾰνοφορέομαι (tumpanophoréomai)
  • τῠμπᾰνώδης (tumpanṓdēs)
  • τῠμπᾰνᾰ́ρῐος (tumpanários)
  • τῠμπᾰνῐ́ζω (tumpanízō)
  • τῠμπᾰνῐκός (tumpanikós)
  • τῠμπᾰ́νῐον (tumpánion)
  • τῠμπᾰνῑ́της (tumpanī́tēs)
  • φῐλογᾰλλοβρᾰχειονοτῠ́μπᾰνος (philogallobrakheionotúmpanos)

Descendants

References

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