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cicero
1[ sis-uh-roh ]
noun
Printing.
plural ciceros.
- a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inch (4.5 millimeters), roughly comparable to a pica.
Cicero
2[ sis-uh-roh ]
noun
- Marcus Tul·li·us [tuhl, -ee-, uh, s], Tully, 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.
- a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
cicero
1/ ˈɪəˌəʊ /
noun
- a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
Cicero
2/ ˈɪəˌəʊ /
noun
- CiceroMarcus Tullius106 bc43 bcMRomanPOLITICS: consulPOLITICS: oratorWRITING: writer Marcus Tullius (ˈmɑːkəs ˈtʌlɪəs). 106–43 bc , Roman consul, orator, and writer. He foiled Catiline's conspiracy (63) and was killed by Mark Antony's agents after he denounced Antony in the Philippics. His writings are regarded as a model of Latin prose Formerly known in English asTully
Cicero
- An orator, writer, and statesman of ancient Rome . His many speeches to the Roman Senate are famous for their rhetorical techniques and their ornate style.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cicero1
Named after the type cast for a 15th-century edition of Cicero's De Oratore
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cicero1
C19: from its first being used in a 15th-century edition of the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 bc ), the Roman consul, orator, and writer
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O sir! if your leisure is now, as it were, unoccupied, I should be most happy to be your cicero.
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