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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cymbalum cymbali N N :: cymbal; (term for tedious/stupid speaker); cymbals (usu. pl.); valve
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cymbălum</b>: i, n. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. [[cymbalum]], Cat. 63, 21), = [[κύμβαλον]], a [[cymbal]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop., an [[instrument]] consisting of [[two]] [[hollow]] plates of [[brass]], [[which]] [[emit]] a [[ringing]] [[sound]] [[when]] struck [[together]]. They were used in the festivals of [[Cybele]] and [[Bacchus]], and on [[other]] [[festive]] occasions; also to [[hinder]] the [[flight]] of bees, etc. (usu. in plur.), Lucr. 2, 619; Cat. 63, 21; 63, 29; Ov. F. 4, 213; Verg. G. 4, 64; Liv. 39, 8; Cic. Pis. 9, 20 sq.; Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 7; Quint. 11, 3, 59; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in hydraulics, a [[sounding]] [[basin]] of [[similar]] form, a [[bell]], Vitr. 10, 8, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: Apion Grammaticus, hic quem [[Tiberius]] [[Caesar]] [[cymbalum]] mundi vocabat, i. e. as [[making]] the [[world]] [[ring]] [[with]] his [[ostentatious]] disputations, Plin. H. N. praef. § 25; cf. Verg. Cat. 7, 5 Wagn.; App. Orth. § 8 p. 129 Mai.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cymbălum</b>,¹² ī, n. ([[κύμβαλον]]), cymbale [instrument de musique]; [surt. au pl.] : Cic. Pis. 20 ; Lucr. 2, 618 ; Virg. G. 4, 64 &#124;&#124; [au fig.] [[cymbalum]] mundi Plin. præf. 25, [[Apion]] cymbale du monde, qui remplit le monde du bruit de son nom &#124;&#124; cloche, timbre d’une machine hydraulique : Vitr. Arch. 10, 13. [[cymbalum]], gén. plur. : Catul. 63, 21.||[au fig.] [[cymbalum]] mundi Plin. præf. 25, [[Apion]] cymbale du monde, qui remplit le monde du bruit de son nom||cloche, timbre d’une machine hydraulique : Vitr. Arch. 10, 13. [[cymbalum]], gén. plur. : Catul. 63, 21.
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{{Georges
|georg=cymbalum, ī, n. ([[κύμβαλον]]), die [[Zimbel]], das Schallbecken, I) [[als]] musikal. [[Instrument]] (gew. im Plur., [[weil]] [[immer]] je [[zwei]] [[aneinander]] geschlagen wurden), verwendet [[bei]] Lustgelagen, [[bes]]. [[bei]] den Festen der [[Cybele]] u. [[bei]] den [[Bacchanalien]], collegae tui cymbala ac crotala, Cic.: cymbalorum et tympanorum [[pulsus]], Liv.: tympanorum et cymbalorum [[strepitus]], Liv.: quatiens cymbala, Lampr.: tympana et cymbala sonant, Sen.: cymbala et tympana crepant, [[Mela]]: cymbala Thebano concrepuere deo, Prop.: quem saltare nudum [[ante]] concubinas suas iussit quatientem cymbala, Lampr.: Matris (Cybeles) quate cymbala [[circum]], um die [[Flucht]] der Bienen zu [[verhindern]], Verg.: tundet ad Idaeos cymbala [[rauca]] [[choros]], Prop.: cymbala pulsans [[amicus]], Iuven. – [[sarkastisch]] übtr., ([[Apion]]) [[cymbalum]] mundi, d.i. der alle [[Welt]] [[mit]] seinen gelehrten Erörterungen erfüllt, Plin. nat. hist. praef. § 25. – II) in der Hydraulik, das Schallbecken, die [[Glocke]], Vitr. 10, 8 (13), 5. – / Synk. Genet. Plur. cymbalûm, Catull. 63, 21. – griech. [[Form]] cymbalon, Verg. cat. 7, 5.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=cymbalum, i. n. :: [[單面鼓]]
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