Tiro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros) from Phoenician; see Tyre for more information.
Latin
Etymology
Probably use as a proper name of the common noun tīrō (“new recruit”, “novice”, “young man”).
Proper noun
Tīrō m (genitive Tīrōnis); third declension
- A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Tullius Tiro (103–4 BC), freedman of and secretary to M. Tullius Cicero, and inventor of the Tironian notes
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tīrō |
Genitive | Tīrōnis |
Dative | Tīrōnī |
Accusative | Tīrōnem |
Ablative | Tīrōne |
Vocative | Tīrō |
Derived terms
References
- Tīro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Tīro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,578/1”
- “Tīrō²” on page 1,943/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Tyro (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician; see Tyre for more information.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾo/
- Homophone: tiro
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros) from Phoenician; see Tyre for more information.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈti.ɾo̞]
Related terms
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