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τύμπανον

τύμπανον, a kettledrum

τύμπᾰνον, τό, also in the form τύπανον (q.v.): (τύπτω):—
  • kettledrum, such as was used esp. in the worship of the Mother Goddess and Dionysus, Hdt. 4.76, E. HF 892; τυμπάνων ἀλαλαγμοί, ἀράγματα, Id. Cyc. 65 (lyr.), 205; τύμπανα, Ῥέας τε μητρὸς ἐμά θʼ εὑρήματα, says Dionysus, Id. Ba. 59, cf. 156 (lyr.), IG 42(1).131.9, 10 (Epid.); in Corybantic rites, Ar. V. 119; τ. ἀράσσειν, ῥήσσειν, AP 6.217 (Simon.), 7.485 (Diosc.); καταυλήσει χρῆται καὶ τυμπάνοις Sor. 2.29.
      • 2 metaph., τύμπανον φυσᾶν, of inflated eloquence, AP 13.21 (Theodorid.).
    • II name of some instrument of torture of execution, Ar. Pl. 476 (ξύλα ἐφʼ οἷς [ἐν οἷς Suid.] ἐτυμπάνιζον· ἐχρῶντο γὰρ ταύτῃ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ· ἢ βάκλα, παρὰ τὸ τύπτειν Sch.); τινῶν μὲν εἰς δεσμωτήριον, τινῶν δὲ ἐπὶ τύμπανον ἀπαγομένων S.E. M. 2.30; τοὺς ἐκ τυμπάνου καὶ τοὺς ἀνεσκολοπισμένους Luc. Cat. 6; ἐπὶ τὸ τ. προσῆγε LXX 2 Ma. 6.19, cf. 28; cf. τύπανον.
      • 2 = tumix, sirimpio (dub. sens.), Gloss.
      • 3 cudgel, τὰς πολλὰς ἐπὶ τοῦ νώτου διὰ τῶν τ. πληγάς Dam. Isid. 185; so perh. in LXX ll. cc.
    • III in a machine, drum, Hero Bel. 86, cf. Orib. 49.4.43; in Verg.G. 2.444, tympana are wagon-wheels made of a solid piece of wood, rollers; similarly perh. in PLond. 1821.204, possibly of the wheel of an irrigating machine: cf. τυμπάνιον.
    • IV Archit., the sunken triangular space enclosed by the cornice of the pediment, Lat. tympanum fastigii, Vitr. 4.7.5; the square panel of a door, Id. 4.6.4.

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