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Meaning of Cicero | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɪsəɹəʊ

Definitions

  1. The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).
  2. 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.
  3. A surname.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A town in Cook County, Illinois.
  6. A town in Hamilton County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  8. A town in Onondaga County, New York.
  9. An extinct town in Defiance County, Ohio.
  10. A town and unincorporated community in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

Equivalents

Català Ciceró
Deutsch Cicero
Ελληνικά Κικέρων
Esperanto Cicerono
Suomi cicero
Magyar ciceró
Հայերեն Կիկերոն
日本語 キケロ
한국어 키케로
Latina Cicero
Nederlands augustijn cicero mediaan
Polski cycero Cyceron
Português Cícero
Русский Цицерон
Shqip cicëron

Examples

“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.”
““[…] Still, I wish I knew something of this Sir Cicero; for, to be frank with thee, I have even foregone my siesta in searching the books in quest of such a man.” “And do they not confirm every syllable the Signor Smees has said?” “So far from it that I do not even find the name. It is true, several distinguished orators of that nation are styled English Ciceroes; but then all people do this by way of commendation.””
“He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion.”
“[…] [Guido] Baccelli once more in elegant and fluent Latin delivered a grand eulogy on Prof. [Rudolf] Virchow, who then likewise replied in fluent Latin. An embrace and a kiss of the two Cicerones concluded the tenth Congress, which as far as the number of visitors goes surpasses all the previous records; […]”
“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.”
“He [Marcus Pomponius Dionysius] was tutor to the two young Cicerones [son and nephew of Cicero]. […] The two young Cicerones accompanied their parents, and were placed under the charge of Deiotarus.”
“Leatrice [Cole] is also descended from the Cicero family. […] The Ciceroes owned the Grapeco Bottling Company.”
“All in all, he [Titus Pomponius Atticus] reflected, the two Cicerones [Cicero and brother Quintus Tullius Cicero] had not had happy marriages; they had been obliged to marry for money, to heiresses. […] The pity of it was that both women loved their Cicerones; they just didn’t know how to show it, and were, besides, frugal women who deplored the Ciceronian tendency to spend money.”
“Former name: Hawthorne”

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