tīrō ōnis, m

—In the army, a newly levied soldier, young soldier, recruit: legio tironum, Cs.: cum essem tiro in eius exercitu: tirones milites (opp. veterani): exercitu a Manlio accepto tirone, L.: Multaque tironi non patienda feret (opp. vetus miles), O.

—A beginner, tiro: nullā in re: homo non aetate sed usu forensi tiro, inexperienced: qui ante hanc pugnam tiro esset.

—A youth assuming the toga, young man beginning life, O.