Definition of CICERO

cicero

Meanings

Plural: ciceros

Noun

  • a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
  • a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").

Synonyms

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully

Scrabble Score: 10

cicero is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 12

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