τυμπανίζω

A. beat a drum, as was done in the worship of Cybele, Eup. 77, Plu. 2.60a:—Pass., τυμπανίζεσθαι κατὰ τὰς ἐξόδους march out to the sound of drums, Str. 15.1.58.

2. τ. ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις drum with the hand on them, LXX 1 Ki. 21.13.

II. perh. = ἀποτυμπανίζω (which is v.l.), Ep.Hebr. 11.35 (Pass.); coupled with ἀνασκολοπίζεσθαι in Luc. JTr. 19; cf. τύμπανον 11.

III. of orators, 'beat the big drum', Philostr. VS 1.21.5.