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|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 || [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. | |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 || [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.||[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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Revision as of 07:34, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cymbălum: i, n. (
I gen. plur. cymbalum, Cat. 63, 21), = κύμβαλον, a cymbal.
I 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.—
B Transf., in hydraulics, a sounding basin of similar form, a bell, Vitr. 10, 8, 5.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cymbălum,¹² ī, n. (κύμβαλον), cymbale [instrument de musique]; [surt. au pl.] : Cic. Pis. 20 ; Lucr. 2, 618 ; Virg. G. 4, 64 || [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.
