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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• flute (subs.):
    1. I. The musical instrument:
      1. 1. tībia: the shrill f., acris t., Hor.: the plaintive f., querula t., Hor.: Cic. The tibia was originally a small, shrill instrument, with one tube (tenuis simplexque), Hor. A. P. 202: afterwards it was made larger and double. Hence the plur. is frequent, referring to the two tubes: to play on the f., tibiis canere, Quint. 1, 10, 14: cantare tibiis, Nep. Epam. 2. A f.-maker, tībiārius, Inscr. in Forcell.: f.-player (masc.), tībīcen, ĭnis, m.: Pl.: Cic.: fem., tībīcĭna, Pl.: Ter.
      2. 2. ărundo, ĭnis, f. (made of oat or reed): Ov.: v. reed, pipe.
    2. II. In architecture; an indented channel: stria, Vitr. 4, 3, 9.
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• flute (v.): to channel (q. v.): strio, 1: Vitr. 4, 3, 9: Plin.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• 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.