tympanum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

tympanum ī, n

, τύμπανον, a drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine: Tympana Berecyntia, i. e. of the priests of Cybele, V.: in reconditis templi tympana sonuerunt, Cs.: tympana pulsare, Cu. —Of a wagon, a wheel, roller: tympana plaustris posuere, V.

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