Ciceronian
adjective
of or relating to Cicero or his writings.
pseudo-Ciceronian
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a word derived from
Ciceronian.
Example Sentences
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Thus the Ciceronian rhetoric of the middle ages was derived from the pseudo-Ciceronian Ad Herennium and from the youthful De inventione, not from the best rhetorical treatises of Cicero as we know them.
From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Donald Lemen Clark
The same learned audience applauded the gladiators of the moment, Valla and Filelfo, when they descended into the arena and plied each other with pseudo-Ciceronian invectives.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
