Cicero

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪsəɹəʊ/ /ˈkɪkɛɹəʊ/ /ˈsɪsəɹoʊ/ /ˈkɪkɛɹoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Cicero.wav

Word forms

Cicero Ciceros Ciceroes Cicerones

Etymology

Etymology tree substrateder.? Latin cicer Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin Cicerōlbor. English Cicero Learned borrowing from Latin Cicerō, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer (“chickpea”)). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.

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