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• cicero
  cicero

  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
  Cicero

  noun

  Marcus Tullius Tully, 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.

cicero

¹ American  

[sis-uh-roh] / ˈsɪs əˌroʊ /

noun

Printing.

• ciceros
  plural

1. a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inch (4.5 millimeters), roughly comparable to a pica.

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Cicero ² American  

[sis-uh-roh] / ˈsɪs əˌroʊ /

noun

1. Marcus Tullius Tully, 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.

2. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

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Cicero ¹ British  

/ ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ /

noun

1. 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

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cicero ² British  

/ ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ /

noun

1. a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica

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Cicero Cultural  

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ciceros
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cicero

Named after the type cast for a 15th-century edition of Cicero's De Oratore

Example Sentences

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cicero Cicero

O sir! if your leisure is now, as it were, unoccupied, I should be most happy to be your cicero.

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

“Agrippa” is the fifth foray into the ancient world by Mr. Harris, whose works include a trilogy about Cicero and a thriller set in Pompeii on the eve of its destruction in A.D.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The name is a nod to the best friend and literary collaborator of Cicero, the Roman statesman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Cicero also supports Utah’s plan to create a remote, government-run facility that will hold up to 1,300 people experiencing homelessness.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

The viewing sessions got more serious after Cicero told his friends he went to a trivia night and was stumped by a question on the license plate on Jerry’s Saab convertible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The library of St Piquier, as early as the ninth century, had 236 volumes, including Virgil, Cicero, Terence and Macrobim.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White