tibia
ὁ Σιμωνίδης τὴν μὲν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει, τὴν δὲ ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλοῦσαν → Simonides relates that a picture is a silent poem, and a poem a speaking picture | Simonides, however, calls painting inarticulate poetry and poetry articulate painting
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tībĭa: ae, f.,
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tībĭa,¹⁰ æ, f.,
1 os antérieur de la jambe, tibia : Cels. Med. 8, 1, etc. || jambe : Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 20, 15
2 flûte : Lucr. 4, 585 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 107 ; Virg. En. 11, 737, etc. ; Hor. P. 202 || souv. au pl., parce qu’on jouait de deux flûtes à la fois : Pl. St. 723 ; Cic. Br. 192 ; de Or. 2, 338 ; Nat. 2, 22 ; Nep. Præf. 1 ; Epam. 2, 1 ; tibiæ dextræ, sinistræ, flûte de dessus, flûte de basse ; tibiæ pares, deux flûtes de même partie, dessus ou basse ; tibiæ impares, l’une de dessus, l’autre de basse ; [prov.] apertis, ut aiunt, tibiis Quint. 11, 3, 50, à pleine flûte, comme on dit (= à pleine voix)
3 petit tube d’une seringue à clystère : C. Aur. Acut. 3, 4, 29.
