I.the large shin-bone, tibia (cf. sura).
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.—
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. —
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.
