tune (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Harmony (only used in phr., in t., out of t.)II. An air, melody • tune (subs.): I. Harmony (only used in phr., in t., out of t.): in t., consŏnus (rare): Ov.: to keep in t., concentum servare, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: the song is in t. with the accompaniment, concordant carmina nervis, Ov. Met. 1, 518: pipes in good tune, modulate canentes tibiae, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22: v. harmony: out of t., t.less, absŏnus, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115; incontentus: lyres out of t., fides incontentae, id. Fin. 4, 27, 75: dissŏnus, Col. 12, 2, 4: Liv.: to be out of t., discrĕpare, Cic. Off. 1, 40, fin. (v. discordant., inharmonious). II. An air, melody: cantus, carmen, mŏdi, mŏdŭli: v. air, melody, strain, measure. [N.B.--Mŏdŭlāmen is not class., but is frequently used by modern scholars.] Phr.: I remember the t. if I could but think of the words, numeros memini si verba tenerem, Virg. Ecl. 9, 45.