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cicero

/ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/

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What does cicero mean?

noun

  1. The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.

proper noun

  1. The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).
  2. A surname.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A town in Cook County, Illinois; formerly, Hawthorne.
  2. A town in Hamilton County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  4. A town in Onondaga County, New York.
  5. An extinct town in Defiance County, Ohio.
  6. A town and unincorporated community in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkɪkɛɹoʊ/
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All that diplomacy to gain your entrance among the despised ones, who have not been nourished on Cicero and Demosthenes!
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
Therefore Cicero, deferring the day of election, summoned Catiline into the senate, and questioned him as to the charges made against him.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
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Without considering the great authors of the classical period, especially Aristotle and Cicero, there are many modern ones who might be named.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
Posidonius, we may note in passing, was a contemporary and friend of Cicero, and hence lived shortly before the time of Strabo.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
As to Cicero, his works that are most useful to my design are they that treat of manners and rules of our life.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600