cymbalum
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
Latin > English
cymbalum cymbali N N :: cymbal; (term for tedious/stupid speaker); cymbals (usu. pl.); valve
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
