Tubus, tubi, m. g. Cic.A pipe wherein water is conueyghed into a Conduite.Tubos etiam viscerum dicimus. Mart. Cauari in tubos. Pli To be made holow to % form of pipes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
tŭbus, i, m., a pipe, tube.I.Lit., for conducting water, Col. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 16, 42, 81, 224; 5, 31, 34, 128.—For wine, Pall. 1, 18, 1.—For heating baths, Sen. Ep. 90, 25.—II.Transf.A. For tuba, a trumpet used at sacrifices, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, 117 Müll., and Verr. Kalend. Praenest. s. 23 Mart. (Inscr. Orell. II. p. 386).—B.Transf.: per omnes viscerum tubos, Mart. 11, 61, 6.
