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tĭbī̆, v. tu.

tībĭa, ae, f., the large shin-bone, tibia (cf. sura).

  1. I. Lit.: alterum (os) a priore parte positum, cui tibiae nomen est, Cels. 8, 1 fin.: et in crure (recedit) tibia a surā, id. 8, 11.
    1. B. In gen., the shin-bone, shin, leg: posse fieri ut genu esset aut tibia aut talus, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15: sinistram fregit tibiam, Phaedr. 5, 7, 8.
  2. II. Transf., a pipe, flute (orig. made of bone; syn. fistula): age tibicen, refer ad labias tibias, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41: si tibiae inflatae non referant sonum, Cic. Brut. 51. 192: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit, id. de Or. 2, 83, 338: et fidibus et tibiis canere, Quint. 1, 10, 14: cantus tibiarum, id. 1, 11, 7: tibia digitis pulsata canentum, Lucr. 4, 585: modulate canentes tibiae, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22: septenarios ad tibiam fundere, id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: ubi curva choros indixit tibia Bacchi, Verg. A. 11, 737: biforem dat tibia cantum, id. ib. 9, 618: tibia non ut nunc orichalco vincta tubaeque Aemula, sed tenuis simplexque, Hor. A. P. 202: Phrygio curva sono, Tib. 2, 1, 86: sub cantu querulae tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 7, 30: acris, id. ib. 1, 12, 1: Berecyntia, id. ib. 3, 19, 19; 4, 1, 23: sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra, id. Epod. 9, 5: adunco tibia cornu, Ov. M. 3, 533: infracto Berecynthia tibia cornu, id. ib. 11, 16: longa, id. F. 6, 698: scienter tibiis cantasse, Nep. praef. 1; id. Epam. 2, 1: dextera tibia alia quam sinistra, perh. treble and bass pipes, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 15; cf.: modos fecit Flaccus Claudii filius; tibiis paribus dextris et sinistris, i. e. at first with a pair of treble and then with a pair of bass pipes, Didasc. Ter. And.; cf.: acta primum tibiis imparibus, deinde duabus dextris, id. Heaut.; v. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 618; and v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
    Prov.: paene apertis, ut aiunt, tibiis, from all the holes, with a loud voice, Quint. 11, 3, 50 Spald.

tībĭālis, e, adj. [tibia].

  1. I. Of or belonging to the shin-bone or tibia, tibial; hence, subst.: tībĭāle, is, n., a warm wrappage about the shins, a kind of stockings or leggings: hieme feminalibus et tibialibus muniebatur, Suet. Aug. 82: si miles tibiale vel umerale alienavit, Dig. 49, 16, 14, § 1.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the flute, flute-: harundo tibialis calami, used for flutes, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 168: tibialis aura gemit, Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 2 med.

‡ tībĭārĭus, ii, m. [tibia], a pipe-maker, flute-maker, Inscr. Orell. 4292.

tībīcen, ĭnis, m. [contr. from tībĭĭcen, from tibia-cano], a piper, flute-player, flutist.

  1. I. Lit.: age, tibicen, refer ad labias tibias, suffla celeriter tibi buccas, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41: si tibiae non referant sonum, abiciendas sibi tibicen putat, Cic. Brut. 51, 192: tibicen sine tibiis canere non potest, id. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id Leg. 2, 24, 62; id. Ac. 2, 7, 20; id. Dom. 47 123; id. Agr. 2, 34, 93; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 98; id. A. P. 415: tibicines abierunt, Liv. 9, 30, 5: funus celebratum … praecedente tibicine, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122; Val. Max. 2, 5, 4: transit idem jurisconsultus tibicinis Latini modo, i. e. preludes or rehearses the legal formulas (as the flutist accompanies the actors), Cic. Mur. 12, 26.
    Sing. collect.: crebro tibicine, Cic. Sen. 13, 44.
  2. II. Transf., a kind of pillar, support, or prop of a building, Cat. 61, 158; Ov. F. 4, 695: urbem colimus tenui tibicine fultum, Juv. 3, 193.
    Of Atlas, supporting the heaven, Arn. 2, 92; cf.: tibicines in aedificiis dici existimantur a similitudine tibiis canentium, qui ut cantantes sustineant, ita illi aedificiorum tecta, Fest. p. 366 Müll.

tībīcĭna, ae, f. [tibicen], a female fluteplayer, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 Müll. (p. 175 Vahl.); Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 36 sq.; 2, 2, 56; id Most. 4, 3, 2 al.; Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 25; Ov. F. 6, 687; Juv. 2, 90; Mart. 14, 64, 1; Gell. 1, 11, 7.

‡ tībīcĭnātor, αὐλητής, Gloss. Cyrill. [tibicino].

tībīcĭnĭum, ii, n. [tibicen], a playing upon the pipe or flute, a piping, fluting (class.): tibicinii scientia, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22; id. Or. 58, 198; App. Flor. p. 341, 28; 342, 20; Gell. 4, 13, 2.

tībīcĭno, āre, v. a. [tibicen].

  1. * I. To play upon the pipe or flute: ordo tibicinantium, Fulg. Myth. 3, 9.
  2. II. To prop up, support any thing, Tert. Anim. 38; Schol. Juv. 3, 193.

Tibigensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the town Tibiga, in Numidia: oppidum, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 29.

Tibilis, is, f., a town in Numidia, Aug. Ep. 128.
Hence, adj.: Tibilitā-nus, a, um, of Tibilis: aquae, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

* tībĭnus, a, um, adj. [tibia], of or belonging to the pipe or flute: modi, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 23.