Cato

[key-toh]

noun

Marcus Por·ci·us

[pawr-shee-uh s, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs, -ʃəs/, the Elderorthe Censor, 234–149 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.

his great-grandsonMarcus Porciusthe Younger, 95–46 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and Stoic philosopher.

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Examples from the Web for cato

Contemporary Examples of cato

“The events this year with Ukraine led to his ties with Cato being severed,” a source at the think tank told The Daily Beast.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute
James Kirchick
December 22, 2014
Through a spokesperson, Klaus does not deny that he and Cato parted ways.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute
James Kirchick
December 22, 2014
Klaus espouses inflammatory views on a variety of subjects, some of which Cato happily embraced.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute
James Kirchick
December 22, 2014
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute.
Immigration Laws Have It All Backward
Ilya Shapiro
May 8, 2014
People are reading “way too much into this report,” said Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
Are the CBO’s New Cost Projections the Obamacare Win That Wasn’t?
Olivia Nuzzi
April 16, 2014

Historical Examples of cato

Several bridges were also erected, and Cato the Censor is said to have built a basilica.
Architecture
Thomas Roger Smith
You talk as wisely as Cato, and I am obliged to confess that you are right in all you say.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
But the central figures of the group were Cato and Victoria.
Among the Pines
James R. Gilmore
The life and death of Cato were for generations the favourite model.
Historical and Political Essays
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Cato gives orders for the asparagus, and Switzer for the hot-beds.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
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British Dictionary definitions for cato

Cato

noun

Marcus Porcius (ˈmɑːkəsˈpɔːʃɪəs), known as Cato the Elder or the Censor. 234–149 bc, Roman statesman and writer, noted for his relentless opposition to Carthage

his great-grandson, Marcus Porcius, known as Cato the Younger or Uticensis. 95–46 bc, Roman statesman, general, and Stoic philosopher; opponent of Catiline and Caesar

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cato in Culture

Cato

[(kay-toh)]

A politician of ancient Rome, known for his insistence that Carthage was Rome's permanent enemy. He had a custom of ending all his speeches in the Roman senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed.”