tubus

See also: Tubus

Latin

Etymology

From tuba.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bus/, [ˈt̪ʊbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bus/, [ˈt̪uːbus]

Noun

tubus m (genitive tubī); second declension

1. tube, pipe

   Synonym: sōlēn

2. trumpet used at sacrifices

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tubus	tubī
Genitive	tubī	tubōrum
Dative	tubō	tubīs
Accusative	tubum	tubōs
Ablative	tubō	tubīs
Vocative	tube	tubī

Derived terms

• tubulus

 

Related terms

• tubulātiō
• tubulātus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: tub
• English: tube
• Middle French: tube
  • French: tube
    • → Romanian: tub
    • → Turkish: tüp
  • → English: tube
• Galician: tubo
• Italian: tubo
• Portuguese: tubo
• Spanish: tubo
  • → Cebuano: tubo

See also

• tuba

References

• “tubus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tubus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tubus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.