Tironian note

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin nota Tīrōniāna

Noun

Tironian note (plural Tironian notes)

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

Translations

one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs

• French: note tironienne f
• German: tironische Note f, Tironische Note f, nota Tironiana f, Nota Tironiana f, nota tironiana f
• Latin: nota Tīrōniāna f
• Spanish: nota tironiana f

Further reading

• Tironian notes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia