tīruncŭlus | tīruncŭla, ae (noun M) : dim.tiro
* 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.: , , 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.