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Latin
Etymology
From tuba.
Pronunciation
Noun
tubus m (genitive tubī); second declension
- tube, pipe
- Synonym: sōlēn
- trumpet used at sacrifices
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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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.