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Πρὸς εὖ λέγοντας οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω → Loquenti bene, quod contradicam, habeo nihil → Wenn einer gut spricht, kenn' ich keinen Widerspruch

Menander, Monostichoi, 464

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

tympanotriba, ae, n. (τυμπανοτρίβης), der Handpaukenschläger, von den Priestern der Cybele; dah. appell., als Schimpfwort für einen Weichling, Plaut. truc. 611.