Associations to the word «Cicero»

Wiktionary

CICERO, proper noun. The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC).
CICERO, noun. (typography) (Continental printing) 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.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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