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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

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• 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

Paul Webster, a senior fellow at the Cicero Institute and executive director of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Dr Øivind Hodnebrog, a principal researcher at Cicero, the Norwegian climate research institute, has studied how falling aerosol pollution affects the climate.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“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

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

Unfortunately, Antony survived and Cicero was marked for death.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith