cicero
The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points or a body…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 was a famous ancient orator.
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1 sensesThe 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
- a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
- a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
Examples
16 sentencesCicero was a famous ancient orator.
Cicero was a great orator and a great philosopher; therefore, a great poet.
Cicero was elected consul.
Cicero has been elected consul.
Cicero came late.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad FamFrom its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").
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Forms
plural: cicerosSynonyms
2 synonyms- a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC):Marcus Tullius CiceroTully