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Tironian note

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any one of thousands of signs in a system of shorthand developed in the 60s BC by Cicero’s scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.

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History

Etymology

Calque of Latin nota Tīrōniāna

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Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: note tironienne — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • German: tironische Note — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • German: Tironische Note — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • German: nota Tironiana — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • German: Nota Tironiana — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • German: nota tironiana — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • Latin: nota Tīrōniāna — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
  • Spanish: nota tironiana — one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs