timpana

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timpana

  1. plural of timpanum

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, I strike, I hit).

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Noun[edit]

timpana m (nominative plural timpana)

  1. a small drum, tabor, timbrel, tabret
    Ic filigde ðē mid timpanum and mid hearpum
    I attended thee with timbrels and with harps
    Hergaþ hine in timpanan
    Herry him on a timbrel
    Plægiend timpanan
    Player of a timbrel

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  • Middle English: timpan

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