τυμπᾰν-ίζω,
beat a drum, as was done in the worship of Cybele, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 77, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.60a] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τυμπανίζεσθαι κατὰ τὰς ἐξόδους march out to the sound of drums, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.58. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 τ. ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις drum with the hand on them, [[ LXX.1Ki.21.13. ] LXX]
__II perhaps ={ἀποτυμπανίζω} (which is variant), [[ NT.Heb.11.35 (_passive_)] NT]; coupled with ἀνασκολοπίζεσθαι in [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 19; compare τύμπανον 11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III of orators, 'beat the big drum', [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]