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Ciceronian

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Cic·e·ro  (ss-r)
A town of northeast Illinois, an industrial and residential suburb of Chicago. Population: 81,800.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106-43 b.c.
Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose. His later writings introduced Greek philosophy to Rome.
Cice·roni·an adj.
Ciceronian [ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪən]
adj
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or resembling Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 bc), Roman consul, orator, and writer, or his rhetorical style; eloquent
2. (Literature / Rhetoric) (of literary style) characterized by the use of antithesis and long periods
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Ciceronian [ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪən] ADJ → ciceroniano


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Master Charmolue exhibited an alarming note book, and began to read, with many gestures and the exaggerated accentuation of the pleader, an oration in Latin, wherein all the proofs of the suit were piled up in Ciceronian periphrases, flanked with quotations from Plautus, his favorite comic author.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
But why should I attempt to depict and describe in detail, and feature by feature, the beauty of the peerless Dulcinea, the burden being one worthy of other shoulders than mine, an enterprise wherein the pencils of Parrhasius, Timantes, and Apelles, and the graver of Lysippus ought to be employed, to paint it in pictures and carve it in marble and bronze, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian eloquence to sound its praises?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
As for Albert and Franz, they essayed not to escape from their ciceronian tyrants; and, indeed, it would have been so much the more difficult to break their bondage, as the guides alone are permitted to visit these monuments with torches in their hands.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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