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† tympănum, i (collat. form typă-num, Cat. 63, 8 sq.), n., = τύμπανον, a drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Esp., as beaten by the priests of Cybele, Lucr. 2, 618; Cat. 63, 8 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 619; Ov. M. 3, 537; 4, 29; 4, 391; id. F. 4, 213; Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 105; Curt. 8, 11, 20; 8, 14, 10; Tac. H. 5, 5,
      Also by the Bacchantine females, Ov. M. 11, 17.
      Beaten by the Parthians as a signal in battle in place of the tuba, Just. 41, 2, 8.
    2. B. Trop., a timbrel, etc., as a figure of something effeminate, enervating: tympana eloquentiae, Quint. 5, 12, 21: in manu tympanum est, Sen. Vit. Beat. 13, 3.
  2. II. Transf., of things of a like shape.
    1. A. A drum or wheel, in machines for raising weights, in water-organs, etc., Lucr. 4, 905; Verg. G. 2, 444; Vitr. 10, 4; Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 332; Dig. 19, 2, 19.
    2. B. In archit.
      1. 1. The triangular area of a pediment, Vitr. 3, 3 med.
      2. 2. A panel of a door, Vitr. 4, 6 med.
      3. 3. A part of the clepsydra, called also phellos, Vitr. 9, 9.

Typhōeus (trisyl.), ĕos, m., = Τυφωεύς, a giant, struck with lightning by Jupiter and buried under Mount Ætna, Verg. A. 9, 716; Ov. M. 5, 321 sq.; id. F. 4, 491; Hor. C. 3, 4, 53; Sil. 14, 196 al.
As a gigantic monster, called centimanus, Ov. M. 3, 303.
Hence,

  1. A. Typhōĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhōeus, Typhœan tela, Verg. A. 1, 665: cervix, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 183.
  2. B. Typhōïs, ĭdis, adj f., of Typhōeus, Typhœan: Aetna, Ov H. 15, 11.

† 1. tȳphon, ōnis, m., = τυφών.

  1. I. A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131; App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.
    The same accompanied by lightning, Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, tȳphōnĭcus, a, um, adj.: ventus, a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.
  2. II. A name given by the king of Egypt to a comet or meteor, Plin. 2, 25, 24, § 91.

2. Tȳphōn (scanned Typhōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis, another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,

    1. 1. Tȳphōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon’s cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.
    2. 2. Tȳphōnis, ĭdis, f., daughter of Typhon: Harpyiae, Val. Fl. 4, 428.

† tȳphus, i, m., = τῦφος, pride (late Lat.): inentis elatio et typhus qui appellatur a Graecis, Arn. 2, 43; 2, 53; 2, 56; 2, 63; 2, 88; Aug. Conf. 3, 3; 7, 9; Mart. Cap. 5, § 566.

typĭcālis, e, adj. [typicus], typical (late Lat.), Inc. Visit. Infirm. 2, 4.

† typĭcus, a, um, adj., = τυπικός,

  1. I. figurative, typical: typicus Moses (Christus), Sedul. 3, 208: cruor, id. 1, 192.
  2. II. Periodical, recurring at intervals: tremor, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 15, 95: accessiones, id. Tard. 3, S, 118.

† typus, i, m., = τύπος.

  1. I. A figure, image, on a wall, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 151; Lampr. Heliog. 3 and 7.
  2. II. In medic. lang., a form, type, character of intermittent fevers, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 14, 108; App. Herb. 102.