tirunculus

tīruncŭlus, i, 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.: tīruncŭla, ae, 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.