Tiro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Tīro, ōnis, m.,

I a Roman proper name. So esp., M. Tullius Tiro, the learned freedman of Cicero , Cic. Fam. 16, 10; id. Att. 6, 7, 2; 9, 17, 2 (to him are addressed the letters id. Fam. 16, 3-10; 16, 12-15); Gell. 7, 3, 8; 13, 9, 1 sq.

II —Hence, Tīrōnĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tiro : liber, Gell. 13, 20, 16: Tironiana cura, id. 1, 7, 1.

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Tiro
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tiro
tīro, ōnis, m.; in milit. lang., a newly-levied soldier, a young soldier, recruit. I Lit.: aetas ti...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.