LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

tīrōcinium

tīrōcinium n (genitive tīrōciniī or tīrōcinī)
Classical[tiː.roːˈkɪ.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ti.roˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. apprenticeship, tyrociny
  2. first military service, first campaign, recruitment
  3. broadlymilitary inexperience
  4. metonymicallynew recruits, raw forces (collectively)
  5. figurativelyfirst attempt (at anything)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetīrōciniumtīrōcinia
genitivetīrōciniī
tīrōcinī		tīrōciniōrum
dativetīrōciniōtīrōciniīs
accusativetīrōciniumtīrōcinia
ablativetīrōciniōtīrōciniīs
vocativetīrōciniumtīrōcinia

tīrōcĭnĭum, ii, n. tiro.
I. Lit.
A. In milit. lang., the first military service or first campaign of a young soldier, military rawness or inexperience, = rudimentum (perh. not ante-Aug.): juvenis, Liv. 39, 47, 3: propter exercitūs paucitatem et tirocinium, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 6: aetatis infirmitas aut militiae tirocinium, Val. Max. 5, 4, 2: tirocinii rudimenta deponere, Just. 9, 1, 8. —In plur.: si non solum tirocinia, verum et incunabula in ipsis castris posuissent, Just. 12, 4, 6; Flor. 2, 3.—
B. Concr., the young troops, raw forces, recruits: contemptum tirocinium, Liv. 40, 35, 12.—
II. Transf., in gen., the first beginning of any thing, the first trial, attempt, or essay: si in L. Paulo accusando tirocinium ponere et documentum eloquentiae dare voluit, Liv. 45, 37, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: nec differendum est tirocinium in senectutem, Quint. 12, 6, 3; and: tirocinii metum transire, id. 12, 6, 7: filios suo quemque tirocinio deducere in forum, i. e. after putting on the toga virilis, Suet. Aug. 26: dies tirocinii, id. Tib. 54: togam sumpsit barbamque posuit, sine ullo honore, qualis contigerat tirocinio fratrum ejus, id. Calig. 10.—Of inanim. things: navium, i. e. their first voyage, Plin. 24, 7, 26, § 41.—
B. Inexperience: senatus cum simul et tirocinio et perturbatione juvenis moveretur, Liv. 39, 47, 3: nec tirocinio peccet, Manil. 1, 189.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin -cinor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin tīrōcinium From tīrō (“recruit, beginner, novice”) + -cinor (“to be a...”, suffix forming verbs) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalantirocini
  • Englishtirocinium

In English words that came into English from tīrōcinium

  • tirociniumtīrōcinium
  • tyrocinytīrōcinium

Quick answers

What does tīrōcinium mean in Latin?
tīrōcinium, a noun, means “apprenticeship, tyrociny; first military service, first campaign, recruitment; military inexperience”.
What is the genitive of tīrōcinium?
The genitive singular is tīrōciniī. tīrōcinium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce tīrōcinium?
In classical Latin, [tiː.roːˈkɪ.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ti.roˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um].