recruit (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. tīro, ōnis (adj. and subs.; a newly levied soldier)2. tīruncŭlus (dimin. of preced.3. expr. by novus miles4. collectively, r.s may be expr. by dēlectus (a raising of troops, levy) • recruit (subs.): 1. tīro, ōnis (adj. and subs.; a newly levied soldier): there are three veteran legions, one of r.s, legiones sunt veteranae tres, tironum una, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3: Caes.: Cic.: adj.: r.s, t. milites, Cic. Phil. 11, 15, 39: the condition of a r., tironatus, ūs, Cod. Theod. 7, 13, 21. 2. tīruncŭlus (dimin. of preced.: subs. and adj.): a very young, raw r., t. miles, Suet. Ner. 21, ad fin. 3. expr. by novus miles: to send any one to raise r.s, ad inquisitionem novorum militum mittere aliquem, Curt. 4, 6, 30. 4. collectively, r.s may be expr. by dēlectus (a raising of troops, levy): to fill up legions out of the new r.s, ex novo delectu legiones conficere, Caes. B. C. 1, 25, ad init.: v. levy: or by supplēmentum (a filling up of a body of troops): to enrol r.s for the legions, s. legionibus scribere, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1: a body of r.s, s. novorum militum, Curt. 5, 7, 12: or by tirocinium (rare) a despised body of r.s, contemptum t., Liv. 40, 35, ad fin.