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
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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