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.