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cicero
1[ sis-uh-roh ]
noun
- 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/ ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ /
noun
- a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
Cicero
2/ ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ /
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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Example Sentences
But the Roman orator Cicero felt that Calgacus and the peoples vanquished by Rome were missing a broader point.
But his conclusion is that Cicero and Kipling got something right.
It had rained all night and was still drizzling when I headed for the Hawthorne Race Course in suburban Cicero, Illinois.
What were your sources for that voice—or voices, because Lincoln is sometimes hick, sometimes Cicero?
“Whether you have any news or not, write something,” Cicero implored a friend in Rome while traveling in the provinces.
With the eloquence of a Cicero and the skill of an attorney-general, Miss Sleek "showed cause" against everybody.
Whirle aboute, copied from volutantur in Cicero; see last note.
But all the Greeks, and after them the Romans, especially in the time of Cicero, sought the graces and fascinations of style.
It is the exquisite art seen in all the writings of Cicero which makes them classic; it is the style rather than the ideas.
Up early; and after reading a little in Cicero, I made me ready and to my office, where all the morning very busy.
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