TIRO

M. Tullius Tiro, the freedman of Cicero, who had a high opinion of his worth and ability ( ad Fam. xvi. 4, 3; ad Att. vii. 5, 2), wrote (1) a biography of his patron: Ascon. p. 49, ‘ut legimus apud Tironem libertum Ciceronis in libro iiii. de vita eius.’ (2) Editions of Cicero’s speeches and letters: Gell. i. 7, 1, ‘in or at i one Ciceronis v. in Verrem, libro spectatae fidei, Tironiana cur a atque disciplina facto.’ (See also p. 85 .) (3) A collection of Cicero’s witticisms: Quint. vi. 3, 5, ‘utinam libertus eius Tiro aut ali us, quisquis fuit, qui iii. hac de re libros edidit, parcius dictorum numero indulsi ent.’ (4) Grammatical works, as πανδέκται , mentioned by Gell. xiii. 9, 2. For his system of shorthand, cf. Sueton. p. 136 R. , ‘Romae primus Tullius Tiro, Ciceronis libertus, comment at us est not as, sed tantum praepositionum.’