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Ciceronianism

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Cic`e`ro´ni`an`ism
n.1.Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression.

Ciceronianism
the imitation of Cicero’s literary and oratorical style. — Ciceronist, n. — Ciceronian, adj.
See also: Literary Style


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For Ciceronianism in Spain see also Asensio (Ciceronianos), Lopez Grigera (Introduction 4-6) and the bibliography cited therein.
A steadfast advocate of eloquent Latin, he displayed scornful opposition to the champions of Ciceronianism in such works as De Latinitate falso suspecta (1576), Pseudocicero dialogus (1577), and Nizoliodidascalus (1578).
Pietro Bembo is best-known as the author of the Prose della volgar lingua and as the advocate, together with Iacopo Sadoleto, of Renaissance Ciceronianism.
 
 
 
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