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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cic•e•ro (sis′ə rō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. [Print.]- Printinga Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 in. (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- named after the type cast for a 15th-century edition of Cicero's De Oratore
Cic•e•ro (sis′ə rō′),USA pronunciation n. Marcus Tul•li•us (tul′ē əs),USA pronunciation ("Tully''), 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.- Place Namesa city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 61,232.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cicero /ˈsɪsəˌrəʊ/ n ( pl -ros)- a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
Etymology: 19th Century: from its first being used in a 15th-century edition of the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 bc), the Roman consul, orator, and writer |