τυμπανιστής
οῦ, ὁ
A.
one who beats the τύμπανον, drummer, Str. 15.1.52, BGU 630 iv 1 (ii A. D.); Τυμπανισταί, name of a play by Sophocles:—fem. τυμπαν‐ίστρια, of a priestess of Sabazius, D. 18.284, Luc. Somn. 12.
II.
gen. pl. ‐ιστῶν (from ‐ιστός?) = membraneorum, Gloss.