tirocinium

tīrōcĭnĭum, ii, n. [tiro].

I.

Lit.

A.

In milit. lang., the first military service or first campaign of a young soldier, military rawness or inexperience, = rudimentum (perh. not ante-Aug.):

juvenis,

Liv. 39, 47, 3:

propter exercitūs paucitatem et tirocinium, Auct. B. Afr. 31, 6: aetatis infirmitas aut militiae tirocinium,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 2:

tirocinii rudimenta deponere,

Just. 9, 1, 8. —In plur.:

si non solum tirocinia, verum et incunabula in ipsis castris posuissent,

Just. 12, 4, 6; Flor. 2, 3.—

B.

Concr., the young troops, raw forces, recruits:

contemptum tirocinium,

Liv. 40, 35, 12.—

II.

Transf., in gen., the first beginning of any thing, the first trial, attempt, or essay:

si in L. Paulo accusando tirocinium ponere et documentum eloquentiae dare voluit,

Liv. 45, 37, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

nec differendum est tirocinium in senectutem,

Quint. 12, 6, 3; and:

tirocinii metum transire,

id. 12, 6, 7: filios suo quemque tirocinio deducere in forum, i. e. after putting on the toga virilis, Suet. Aug. 26:

dies tirocinii,

id. Tib. 54:

togam sumpsit barbamque posuit, sine ullo honore, qualis contigerat tirocinio fratrum ejus,

id. Calig. 10.—Of inanim. things:

navium,

i. e. their first voyage, Plin. 24, 7, 26, § 41.—

B.

Inexperience:

senatus cum simul et tirocinio et perturbatione juvenis moveretur,

Liv. 39, 47, 3:

nec tirocinio peccet,

Manil. 1, 189.