tympanotriba

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tympănŏtrĭba, ae, m., = τυμπανοτρίβης,

a taborer , a timbrel-player , a term of reproach for a soft, effeminate person (alluding to the priests of Cybele), Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 49; cf. tympanum.