English

Noun

tibia ‎(plural tibias or tibiae)

1. (anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
2. (entomology) The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
3. (arachnology) The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
4. A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

Synonyms

• bone flute
• shin
• shinbone, shin bone

Derived terms

• tibial

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tībia. Compare the inherited doublet tige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.bja/

Noun

tibia m ‎(plural tibias)

1. shin
2. tibia, shinbone

Derived terms

• protège-tibia

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tībia.

Noun

tibia f ‎(plural tibias)

1. (anatomy) tibia, shinbone

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tībia.

Noun

tibia f ‎(plural tibie)

1. (anatomy, zoology) tibia, shinbone

Derived terms

• tibiale

Anagrams

• abiti

Latin

Etymology

Meaning may have evolved from "stalk, reed pipe" to shinbone, the latter being used by Pliny and later authors; flutes were originally made from shinbones. Possibly connected to Ancient Greek σίφων ‎(síphōn, “siphon, tube”) reflecting a hypothetical *twi- root, and the irregular forms suggest a non-Indo-European loan source. There are no solid IE cognates outside of the Greek word.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.bi.a/

Noun

tībia f ‎(genitive tībiae); first declension

1. (anatomy) the large shin bone, tibia; leg
2. (figuratively) a pipe, flute (originally of bone)

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• tībīcina
• tībīcinium
• tībīcinō

Descendants

References

• tibia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tibia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TIBIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tibia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • instrumental music: nervorum et tibiarum cantus
    
  • to play the flute: tibias inflare
    
  • to play the flute: tibiis or tibiā canere
    
  • to sing to a flute accompaniment: ad tibiam or ad tibicinem canere
    
• tibia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tibia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French, Latin tībia.

Noun

tibia f ‎(plural tibii)

1. tibia, shinbone

Synonyms

• fluier (popular)

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin tepida.

Adjective

tibia

1. feminine singular of tibio

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin tibia.

Noun

tibia f ‎(plural tibias)

1. (anatomy) tibia

Related terms

• ulna
• peronés