FLUTE Copy link • FLUTE 1. tibia (with the ancients usually tibiae, i. e., double-flute). To put the flute to one’s lips or mouth, tibiam ad labra referre: to play on the flute, tibia canere; (skillfully) scienter cantare tibia: fit or proper for the flute, tibialis: auleticus (e.g., calamus, i. e., the reed): one who sells flutes, qui tibias venditat (after Val. Max., 3, 4, extr., 2): the sound of the flute, tibiae cantus. 2. v. (technical term architecture) striare. Fluted, striatus.