[ˈtiː.bi.a], [ˈtiː.bi.a]
OriginMeaning may have evolved from “stalk, reed pipe” to “shinbone”, the latter being used by Pliny and later authors; flutes were originally made from shinbones.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”), the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan or substrate source, but as if from pseudo- or regional Proto-Indo-European *tweybʰ-. There are no solid IE cognates outside of the Greek word, though comparisons to Proto-Slavic *stьbъ (“stalk”) have been drawn. Compare tuba (“trumpet”), tubus (“tube”), possibly from the same substrate source.
- declension-1the large shin bone, tibia; leg
- declension-1, figurativelya pipe, flute (originally of bone)
Formstībia(canonical, feminine) · tībiae(genitive) · tībia(nominative, singular) · tībiae(nominative, plural) · tībiae(genitive, singular) · tībiārum(genitive, plural) · tībiae(dative, singular) · tībiīs(dative, plural) · tībiam(accusative, singular) · tībiās(accusative, plural) · tībiā(ablative, singular) · tībiīs(ablative, plural) · tībia(singular, vocative) · tībiae(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary