θυμελικός
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A of or belonging to the thymele, theatrical, θέαι, ἄνθρωποι, Plu.Fab.4, Sull.36; θ. ἔρις Com.Adesp.57; τὸ θ. theatrical, vulgar style, Plu.2.853b; of performances of music, dancing, etc., in the orchestra (cf. foreg. 11.b); θ. ἀγών SIG457.1 (Thespiae, iii B.C.), cf. D.S.4.5, CIG 3493.11 (Thyatira), etc.; θ. ἀκροάματα Corn.ND30; οἱ θ. the musicians, opp. οἱ σκηνικοί, the actors, Plu.Cat.Mi.46; opp. ὑποκριταί, Ptol. Tetr.180 (but later of actors, Jul.Ep.89b, Cod.Just.1.4.14); ἡ θ. σύνοδος the company of θ., IG22.1350, OGI713, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1223] der Thymele, dem Theater eigen, scenisch; ἀγῶνες Ath. XV, 699 a; D. Sic. 4, 5; Plut. Fab. 4; ἄνθρωποι Sull. 25; οἱ θυμελικοί, die Chortänzer, Ggstz σκηνικοί, die eigtl. Schauspieler, Inscr.
