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Tironian

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Ti`ro´ni`an
a.1.Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
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Here, the non-specialist learns in passing that Augustine usually dictated his works to a stenographer (noterarius) who recorded his words in a shorthand called tironian notes, named after Cicero's secretary, M.
Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia by Arkin, Marc M. / New Criterion
 
 
 
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