novice Copy link Outline 1. tīro, ōnis, m. (prop. a new soldier2. novīcius, -tius (as subs. usu. = a new slave)3. expr. by rŭdis, e (untrained, uncultivated) • novice: 1. tīro, ōnis, m. (prop. a new soldier: but used fig. for a beginner in anything): a n. at the bar, usu forensi atque exercitatione t., Cic. Div. Verr. 15, 47; t. in foro, Quint. 2, 10, 9. Dimin., tirunculus: Juv. 11, 143; fem., tiruncula, Hier. 2. novīcius, -tius (as subs. usu. = a new slave): Quint. 8, 2, 8: Juv. 3, 265 (= new-comer). A n. in a monastery, (monachus) novitius, (monacha) novitia (Kr.). 3. expr. by rŭdis, e (untrained, uncultivated): cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7, rudis et integer discipulus; tironem ac rudem esse in aliqua re, id. de Or. 1, 50, extr.