τυμπᾰν-ιστής,οῦ,ὁ,
A. one who beats the τύμπανον, drummer,
Str. 15.1.52 , BGU 630 iv 1
(ii A. D.);Τυμπανισταί,name of a play by Sophocles:—fem.τυμπᾰν-ίστρια, of a priestess of Sabazius, D. 18.284 , Luc. Somn. 12 .
II. gen. pl.-ιστῶν(from-ιστός?)= membraneorum,
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