τύμπᾰνον, τό,
also in the form τύπανον (which see): (τύπτω):— kettledrum, such as was used especially in the worship of the Mother Goddess and Dionysus, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.76, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 892 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυμπάνων ἀλαλαγμοί, ἀράγματα, [[ [prev. author] “Cyc.” 65 (Lyric poetry), 205 ] Refs]; τύμπανα, Ῥέας τε μητρὸς ἐμά θ᾽ εὑρήματα, says Dionysus, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 59, compare 156 (Lyric poetry), “IG” 42(1).131.9, 10 (Epid.); in Corybantic rites, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 119 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἀράσσειν, ῥήσσειν, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 6.217 (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus), 7.485 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus); καταυλήσει χρῆται καὶ τυμπάνοις 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, τύμπανον φυσᾶν, of inflated eloquence, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 13.21 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II name of some instrument of torture of execution, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 476 (ξύλα ἐφ᾽ οἷς [ἐν οἷς 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus] ἐτυμπάνιζον· ἐχρῶντο γὰρ ταύτῃ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ· ἢ βάκλα, παρὰ τὸ τύπτειν Scholia)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινῶν μὲν εἰς δεσμωτήριον, τινῶν δὲ ἐπὶ τύμπανον ἀπαγομένων [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 2.30; τοὺς ἐκ τυμπάνου καὶ τοὺς ἀνεσκολοπισμένους 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 6; ἐπὶ τὸ τ. προσῆγε LXX.2Mac.6.19, compare 28 ] LXX+2nd c.AD+]; compare τύπανον.
__II.2 = tumix, sirimpio (uncertain meaning), [[ “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum” ] Refs]