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tympanotriba

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Menander, Monostichoi, 373

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tympănŏtrĭba: ae, m., = τυμπανοτρίβης,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tympănŏtrĭba, æ, m. (τυμπανοτρίβης), celui qui joue du tambour phrygien [= efféminé] : Pl. Truc. 611.