What does "cicero" mean?
The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
Cicero
/ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
- Grammar: cicero is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: cicero corpus, cicero writings, ciceronian corpus, ciceronian figure.
- Useful contrasts: nobody, unknown person.
- Usage evidence: "Give me a sandwich with sauerkraut," said Cicero.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
- 2 a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC). uncountable, usually
"But I perceiue nowe that all red colloured stones are not Rubies, nether is euery one Alexander that hath a stare in his cheke, al lame men are not Vulcans, nor hooke nosed men Ciceroes, nether each professor a poet."
- 2 A surname. uncountable, usually
"Our two Cicerones [son Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor and nephew Quintus Tullius Cicero Minor] are with Dejotarus, but if there ſhould be Occaſion, they can be conveyed to Rhodes. […] ON the 2d of February my Wife and Daughter came to Formiæ, and inform’d me of al your very obliging Behaviour, and good Offices in their Behalf. I am willing they ſhould continue at Formiæ, together with the two young Cicerones, until we know whether we are to embrace a ſcandalous Peace or a deſtructive War."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cook County, Illinois. uncountable, usually
"Former name: Hawthorne"
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hamilton County, Indiana. uncountable, usually
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas. uncountable, usually
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Onondaga County, New York. uncountable, usually
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Defiance County, Ohio. uncountable, usually
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. uncountable, usually
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
nobodyunknown person
Example
""Give me a sandwich with sauerkraut," said Cicero."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cicero"?
Common synonyms include: cicero corpus, cicero writings, ciceronian corpus, ciceronian figure, latin writer, philosopher.
How do you use "cicero" in a sentence?
"Give me a sandwich with sauerkraut," said Cicero.
How do you pronounce "cicero"?
Pronounced /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Cicerō, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer (“chickpea”)). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.
Etymology 2
From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").