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cicero [ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ] n pl -ros (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica [from its first being used in a 15th-century edition of the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 bc), the Roman consul, orator, and writer] Cicero [ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ] n
(Biographies / Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 bc-43 bc) M, Roman, POLITICS: consul, POLITICS: orator, WRITING: 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 Formerly known in English as Tully ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| The mate of the Cicero was seeing his friend on board. Of this state hear what Cicero saith: Quam volumus licet, patres conscripti, nos amemus, tamen nec numero Hispanos, nec robore Gallos, nec calliditate Poenos, nec artibus Graecos, nec denique hoc ipso hujus gentis et terrae domestico nativoque sensu Italos ipsos et Latinos; sed pietate, ac religione, atque hac una sapientia, quod deorum immortalium numine omnia regi gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus. As Garrick, whom I regard in tragedy to be the greatest genius the world hath ever produced, sometimes condescends to play the fool; so did Scipio the Great, and Laelius the Wise, according to Horace, many years ago; nay, Cicero reports them to have been "incredibly childish. |
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