tubus, i, m., a pipe, tube. 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.

— Transf. For tuba, a trumpet used at sacrifices, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Mull., and Verr. Kalend. Praenest. s. 23 Mart. (Inscr. Orell. II. p. 386).

— Transf.: per omnes viscerum tubos, Mart. 11, 61, 6.