- 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 Philippics. His writings are regarded as a model of Latin proseFormerly known in English as: Tully
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Cicero /ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ/ n
cic•e•ro
(sis′ə rō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. [Print.]
Cic•e•ro (sis′ə rō′),USA pronunciation n.
- Printinga Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 in. (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- named after the type cast for a 15th-century edition of Cicero's De Oratore
Cic•e•ro (sis′ə rō′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 61,232.
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cicero /ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ/ n ( pl -ros)
- a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
'Cicero' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Catiline
- cicerone
- identical
- Tully
- A, a
- alter ego
- Ciceronian
- Ciceronianism
- golden age
- Hawthorne effect
- Tusculum
- variorum
- strain
- syllabus