Lewis & Short

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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.