τύμπανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • τῠ́πᾰνον (túpanon) – Poetic

Etymology

From τῠ́πτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. (music) drum, kettledrum
    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 4.76 :
      ἐς ταύτην δὴ καταδὺς ὁ Ἀνάχαρσις τὴν ὁρτὴν ἐπετέλεε πᾶσαν τῇ θεῷ, τύμπανον τε ἔχων καὶ ἐκδησάμενος ἀγάλματα.
      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. drumstick, staff, cudgel
  3. instrument of torture
  4. cylinder or drum of a piston
  5. wheel

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ τῠ́μπᾰνον; τοῦ τῠμπᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τῠ́μπᾰνον
tò túmpanon		 τὼ τῠμπᾰ́νω
tṑ tumpánō		 τᾰ̀ τῠ́μπᾰνᾰ
tà túmpana
Genitive τοῦ τῠμπᾰ́νου
toû tumpánou		 τοῖν τῠμπᾰ́νοιν
toîn tumpánoin		 τῶν τῠμπᾰ́νων
tôn tumpánōn
Dative τῷ τῠμπᾰ́νῳ
tôi tumpánōi		 τοῖν τῠμπᾰ́νοιν
toîn tumpánoin		 τοῖς τῠμπᾰ́νοις
toîs tumpánois
Accusative τὸ τῠ́μπᾰνον
tò túmpanon		 τὼ τῠμπᾰ́νω
tṑ tumpánō		 τᾰ̀ τῠ́μπᾰνᾰ
tà túmpana
Vocative τῠ́μπᾰνον
túmpanon		 τῠμπᾰ́νω
tumpánō		 τῠ́μπᾰνᾰ
túmpana
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • τυμπανίζω (tumpanízō)
  • ἀποτυμπανίζω (apotumpanízō)

Descendants

Further reading
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