Cic·e·ro (s s  -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. Cic e·roni·an adj. |
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
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| Noun | 1. | cicero - a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length |
| 2. |  Cicero - a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) |
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