tubus Latin · revision 7623

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la tuba}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtʊ.bʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtuː.bus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tubus''' ''m'' (genitive tubī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is related to [[tuba]] “trumpet”, from which Wiktionary and Köbler derive it, though the OLD calls it doubtful and Etymonline of unknown origin.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of a ritual trumpet.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Vitruvius; he dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the language of ritual it meant a trumpet used at sacrifices, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Columella it meant a pipe, tube, for water, as in Pliny the Elder, for wine in Palladius, and for heating baths in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Martial it meant a tubular passage in the body.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a tube or pipe, as of an aqueduct.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''tubo'', and French ''tube'' gave [[en|tube]] in the 1590s, first of a passage in the body.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a trumpet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a water pipe.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of pipes heating baths.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1590s – English ''tube'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A ritual trumpet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A pipe, [[m|en|tube]]; a passage in the body.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tuba]]

+ * [[tubulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tubulātiō]]

+ * [[tubulātus]]

+ * [[en|tube]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}