I.a young beginner, little tiro (post-Aug.): “ut probarem tibi, quam vehementes haberent tirunculi impetus primos ad optima quaeque,” Sen. Ep. 108, 23: “servitia sic tirunculum (vilicum) contemnunt ut senem,” Col. 11, 1, 3: “quod me quamquam tirunculum sollicitavit ad Emendum,” Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4: nec frustum capreae Novit noster tirunculus, Juv. 11, 143. — “In apposition: miles,” Suet. Ner. 21 fin.—In fem.: tīruncŭla , ae, a female beginner: “saluta Blaesillam et Eustochium, tirunculas nostras,” female pupils, novices, Hier. Ep. 31, 14.—Of a bitch that has littered for the first time, Col. 7, 12, 11.
tīruncŭlus , i, m. dim. tiro,
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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