cicero

[sis-uh-roh]

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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

[sis-uh-roh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Marcus Tullius Tully, 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

cicero

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noun

a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica

Cicero

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noun

Formerly known in English as: Tully.��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

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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Word 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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Word 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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Example Sentences

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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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cicely cicerone

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