tympanotriba
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
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.
