. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. of this kind, as mentioned by the no-tice prefixed to the play ; — modosfecit Flaccus Claudi, tibiis imparibus. 9. Tibia dextra (avXos audpmos).That one of a pair of pipes whichwas held in the right hand when play-. ing (Festus, s. v.), as shown by theannexed figure, from a painting at 664 TIBIA. TIBICEN. Her
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. of this kind, as mentioned by the no-tice prefixed to the play ; — modosfecit Flaccus Claudi, tibiis imparibus. 9. Tibia dextra (avXos audpmos).That one of a pair of pipes whichwas held in the right hand when play-. ing (Festus, s. v.), as shown by theannexed figure, from a painting at 664 TIBIA. TIBICEN. Herculaneum. It was made fromthe upper part of the reed or cane(Theophrast. H. P. iv. 12. xvi. 66.), and produced thedeep or base notes (grain bombo, 1. 3. 2.), whence it is termedthe manly pipe by Herodotus () The eunuch of Terence wasaccompanied by a pair of base pipes— tibiis duabus dextris; the Andriaby a double set of pipes, one pair ofwhich were both base, the other bothtreble — tibiis paribus dextris et sinis-tris. 10. Tibia sinistra or Iceva (av\6syvvaiKifios). That one of a pair ofpipes which was held in the left hand,as shown by the last illustration. Itwas made of the lower part of thereed or cane near the roots (Theo-phrast. iv. 12. Plin. H. N. ), and produced the sharp or treble jnotes (acuto tinnitu, Apul. Flor. i. ); whence it is termed the wo-manly pipe by Herodotus (i. 17.). 11. Tibia incentiva. The leading,or base pipe ; another nam
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