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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
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|lshtext=<b>tympănum</b>: i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = [[τύμπανον]] | |lshtext=<b>tympănum</b>: i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = [[τύμπανον]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[drum]], timbrel, tambour, tambourine.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> Esp., as [[beaten]] by the priests of [[Cybele]], Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 619; Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391; id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5, —Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.—Beaten by the Parthians as a [[signal]] in [[battle]] in [[place]] of the [[tuba]], Just. 41, 2, 8.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., a timbrel, etc., as a [[figure]] of [[something]] [[effeminate]], enervating: tympana eloquentiae, Quint. 5, 12, 21: in manu [[tympanum]] est, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things of a [[like]] [[shape]].<br /> <b>A</b> A [[drum]] or [[wheel]], in machines for [[raising]] weights, in [[water]]-organs, etc., Lucr. 4, 905; Verg. G. 2, 444; Vitr. 10, 4; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 332; Dig. 19, 2, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> In archit.<br /> <b>1</b> The triangular [[area]] of a [[pediment]], Vitr. 3, 3 med.—<br /> <b>2</b> A panel of a [[door]], Vitr. 4, 6 med.—<br /> <b>3</b> A [[part]] of the [[clepsydra]], called also [[phellos]], Vitr. 9, 9. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tympănum: i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = τύμπανον,
I a drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine.
I Lit.
A Esp., as beaten by the priests of Cybele, Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 619; Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391; id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5, —Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.—Beaten by the Parthians as a signal in battle in place of the tuba, Just. 41, 2, 8.—
B Trop., a timbrel, etc., as a figure of something effeminate, enervating: tympana eloquentiae, Quint. 5, 12, 21: in manu tympanum est, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3.—
II Transf., of things of a like shape.
A A drum or wheel, in machines for raising weights, in water-organs, etc., Lucr. 4, 905; Verg. G. 2, 444; Vitr. 10, 4; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 332; Dig. 19, 2, 19.—
B In archit.
1 The triangular area of a pediment, Vitr. 3, 3 med.—
2 A panel of a door, Vitr. 4, 6 med.—
3 A part of the clepsydra, called also phellos, Vitr. 9, 9.
