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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.—Hence, Tīrōnĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tiro: “liber,” Gell. 13, 20, 16: “Tironiana cura,” id. 1, 7, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.10
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.7.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.20.16
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.9.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.7.1
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