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“tiro” in Latin
elementāriuselementary; rudimentarytīrōrecruit; apprentice (one that is young in age); beginner, novice, tyro, neophyte, freshman, greenhornrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeperegrīnusforeign, alien; exotichospeshost; guest, visitor; stranger, foreignerenimtruly, verily, really, indeed; yes; for, because
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tiro
elementarius (especially in writing and reading, Sen., Ep., 36, 4): tiro: rudis: tiro ac rudis in aliqua re (unexercised in anything. ☞ A boy in a new service is novicius, applied by the ancients to a new slave): peregrinus, or hospes, or peregrinus atque hospes, in aliqua re (unversed in anything; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 53, extr., fate or enim, callidum quendam hunc, et nulla in re tironem ac rudem, neque peregrinum atque hospitem in agendo esse debere).
Tiro
Tiro, -onis (m.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tiro?
- The usual Latin words for “tiro” are elementārius, tīrō, rudis; also peregrīnus, hospes, enim. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.