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tŭba, ae, f. [kindr. with tubus, a tube], a trumpet, esp. a war-trumpet (straight, while the cornu was curved, Acron ad Hor. C. 1, 1, 23).

  1. I. Lit.: ille arma misit, cornua, tubas, falces, Cic. Sull. 5, 17: tubae et signa militaria, id. Cat. 2, 6, 13: at tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 842 P. (Ann. v. 452 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. A. 9, 503: tubae utrimque canunt, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73: signum tubā dare, Caes. B. G. 2, 20; so id. ib. 7, 81; id. B. C. 3, 46; 3, 90; Liv. 29, 27, 5 al.; cf. also Caes. B. G. 7, 47; Hirt. B. G. 8, 20: non tuba directi, non aeris cornua fiexi, Ov. M. 1, 98; Tac. A. 1, 68; Luc. 4, 750; 6, 130; 7, 477; Sil. 5, 12 al.; v. Veg. Mil. 3, 5.
    Apart from military purposes, it was used on various occasions, as at religious festivals, games, funerals, etc., Varr. L. L. 6, § 14 Müll.; Ov. F. 1, 716; Verg. A. 5, 113; Juv. 10, 214; Stat. S. 3, 1, 139 al.; cf. tubus, II. A.; Verg. A. 11, 192; Ov. H. 12, 140; Hor. S. 1, 6, 44; Pers. 3, 103; cf. Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 20, 2, 3.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A signal for war, war, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 64; id. Laud. Stil. 1, 246; Mart. Spect. 28, 2.
      2. 2. A loud sound: nimborum, i. e. the roar of thunder, Claud. gigant. 60.
        1. b. Sonorous, elevated epic poetry, Mart. 8, 3, 22; 8, 56, 4; 10, 64, 4; 11, 3, 8; Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 197.
        2. c. A lofty style of speaking, Prud. contr. Symm. 2, 68; Sid. Ep. 4, 3 fin.
  2. II. Trop.: tuba belli civilis, i. e. exciter, author, instigator, Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 3: rixae, Juv. 15, 52.

Tubantes, um, m., a people of Germany, between the Rhine and the Elbe, Tac. A. 1, 51; 13, 55 sq.; cf. Ukert, Germ. p. 363.

* tūbārĭus, ii, m. [tuba], a trumpetmaker, Dig. 50, 6, 6.

1. tūber, ĕris, n. [from root tum, tumeo], a hump, bump, swelling, tumor, protuberance on animal bodies, whether natural or caused by disease.

  1. I. Lit.: cameli, Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 67: boum, id. 8, 45, 70, § 179: tuberaanserino adipe curantur, tumors, id. 30, 12, 33, § 107; so id. 22, 24, 50, § 107; 26, 14, 87, § 139 al.; cf.: colaphis tuber est totum caput, is one boil, i. e. is full of boils, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.
    Prov.: ubi uber, ibi tuber, there are no roses without thorns, App. Flor. p. 359, 29: qui ne tuberibus propriis offendat amicum Postulat, ignoscet verrucis illius, boils … warts, for great and slight faults, Hor. S. 1, 3, 73.
  2. II. Transf., of plants.
    1. A. A knob, hard excrescence on wood: tuber utrumque arboris ejus, Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68; 16, 43. 84, § 231; 25, 8, 54, § 95.
    2. B. A kind of mushroom, a truffle, moril, a favorite article of food among the Romans, Plin. 19, 2, 11, § 33: tenerrima verno esse, id. 19, 3, 13, § 37 sq.; Juv. 5, 116; 5, 119; 14, 7; Mart. 13, 50, 2.
    3. C. Tuber terrae.
      1. 1. Mole-hill, as a term of abuse, Petr. 58.
      2. 2. Another name for the cyclaminon, Plin. 25, 9, 67, § 115.

2. tŭber, ĕris, m. and f.

  1. I. Fem., a kind of apple-tree, Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103; Col. 11, 2, 11; Pall. Jan. 15, 20; id. Sept. 14, 1.
  2. II. Masc., the fruit of this tree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47; Mart. 13, 42, 1; 13, 43, 2; Suet. Dom. 16.

* tūbĕrans, antis, adj. [1. tuber], swelling out, swelling: sinus, App. M. 2, p. 121, 22.

* tūbĕrātus, a, um, adj. [1. tuber], covered with knobs or bosses = tuberosus: ocreae, Fest. s. v. ocrem, p. 181 Müll.

tūbercŭlum, i, n. dim. [1. tuber], a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle: in gingivis, Cels. 6, 13: in capite, id. 7, 6: fabae, an excrescence, Plin. 22, 22, 45, § 91; 11, 11, 12, § 29.

Tūbĕro, ōnis, m., a surname in the gens Aelia; e. g.

  1. I. Q. Aelius Tubero, a Stoic, an opponent of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. brut. 31, 117; id. Lael. 11, 37; 27, 101; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87.
  2. II. L. Tubero, lieutenant of Q. Cicern in Asia, an historian, Caes. B. C. 1, 31; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Gell. 6, 3, 4.
  3. III. Q. Aelius Tubero, son of the preceding, a relative (according to some, the brother-in-law) of Cicero, and the accuser of Ligarius, Cic. Lig. 1, 1; 3, 9 al.; Quint. 11, 1, 80; Suet. Caes. 83.

tūbĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [tuber], full of humps, lumps, or protuberances (very rare): campus, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 2: tuberosissima frons, Petr. 15.

Tūbertus, i, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Postumius, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58; Ov. F. 6, 723; Liv. 4, 29.

tŭbĭcen, cĭnis, m. [tuba-cano],

  1. I. a trumpeter; esp. in war: cornicines tubicinesque canere jubet, Liv. 2, 64, 10; Auct. B. Afr. 82, 3; Ov. M. 3, 705; Sen. Ep. 78, 16; 76, 4.
    At sacrifices: sacrorum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Müll.
    At funerals, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 20, 2, 3; Petr. 129.
  2. II. Tubicines etiam hi appellantur, qui sacerdotes viri speciosi publice sacra faciunt tubarum lustrandarum gratia, Fest. p. 352 Müll.

tŭbĭlustrĭum or tŭbŭlustrĭum, ii, n. [tuba-lustro], a festival held on the 23d of March and 23d of May, when the trumpets used at sacrifices were purified, the feast of trumpets: dies tubulustrium appellatur, quod eo die in atrio sutorio sacrorum tubae lustrantur, Varr. L. L. 6, § 14 Müll. (cf. Ov. F. 3, 849).
Also plur.: tubilustria, Ov. F. 5, 725; cf. Fest. p. 352 Müll.

tŭbŭla, ae, f. dim. [tuba], a small trumpet, Sen. Ep. 56, 4.

tŭbŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [tubulus], a hollowing into a tube, tubulation: ligulae, App. Flor. p. 346, 28; Arn. 3, 108 (al. incumulatio).

tŭbŭlātus, a, um, adj. [tubulus], formed like a pipe, tubular, tubulated: rostrum, Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 130; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9.

1. tŭbŭlus, i, m. dim. [tubus], a small pipe or tube, a water-pipe.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4; Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 159.
    A smoke-pipe, Dig. 8, 2, 13.
  2. II. Transf., a bar of metal, a pig, ingot, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 106.

2. Tŭbŭlus, i, m., a Roman cognomen in the gens Hostilia: L. Hostilius Tubulus, a prœtor A. U. C. 611, Lucil. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 63; Cic. Att. 12, 5, 3; id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; 5, 22, 62.

* tuburcĭnābundus (tuburchĭn-), a, um, adj. [tuburcinor], greedily eating or devouring, gobbling (cf. lurcus), Cato ap. Quint. 1, 6, 42 Spald.

tuburcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to eat greedily, gobble up, devour (syn. voro): raptim manducare, Non. 179, 21 (ante- and postclass.): de suo, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 42; Titin. and Turp. ap. Non. 1. 1.
Note: tuburcĭnātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: prandio raptim tuburcinato, App. M. 6, p. 183, 30.

tŭbus, i, m., a pipe, tube.

  1. I. Lit., for conducting water, Col. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 224; 5, 31, 34, § 128.
    For wine, Pall. 1, 18, 1.
    For heating baths, Sen. Ep. 90, 25.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. For tuba, a trumpet used at sacrifices, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll., and Verr. Kalend. Praenest. s. 23 Mart. (Inscr. Orell. II. p. 386).
    2. B. Transf.: per omnes viscerum tubos, Mart. 11, 61, 6.