1. τύμπανον · tympanon — Beekes
kettledrum, hand drum
The corpus record
τύμπᾰνον
tumpanon
kettledrum, hand drum
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
- Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
- Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
- Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
- Regnorum I 2 · 1.08/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Psalmi 3 · 0.88/10k
- Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
- Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. τύμπανον · tympanon — Chantraine
parfois τύπανον n
3. τύμπανον · tympanon — Frisk
Handpauke, Handtrommel
4. τύμπᾰνον · tympanon — LSJ
kettledrum
Attestations
- τύμπανον · tympanon Herodotus, Histories 4.76.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4541)
- τυμπάνων · tympanōn Euripides, Heracles 891–893
- τύμπανα · tympana Euripides, Bacchae 55–61
- τυμπάνων · tympanōn Euripides, Bacchae 152–164
- τυμπάνων · tympanōn Septuaginta, Genesis 31
- τύμπανον · tympanon Septuaginta, Exodus 15
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1569; entry #6185 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1163-1164; entry #8175 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1916-1917; entry #5785 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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