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cic⋅e⋅ro

   [sis-uh-roh]
–noun, plural -ros. Printing.
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 in. (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
Origin:
named after the type cast for a 15th-century edition of Cicero's De Oratore

Cic⋅e⋅ro

   [sis-uh-roh]
–noun
1. Marcus Tul⋅li⋅us  [tuhl-ee-uhs] , (“Tully”), 106–43 b.c., Roman statesman, orator, and writer.
2. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 61,232.
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Cic·e·ro     (sĭs'ə-rō')  Pronunciation Key 
A town of northeast Illinois, an industrial and residential suburb of Chicago. Population: 82,700.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius 106-43 B.C.  
Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose. His later writings introduced Greek philosophy to Rome.
Cic'e·ro'ni·an adj.
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cicero

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

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Cicero

An orator, writer, and statesman of ancient Rome. His many speeches to the Roman Senate are famous for their rhetorical techniques and their ornate style.


The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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CICERO project
Control Information system Concepts based on Encapsulated Real-time Objects.
A CERN DRDC proposal.
(1995-01-25)

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Cicero, IL (town, FIPS 14351)
Location: (41.845232, -87.759933)
Population (2000): 85,616 (24,640 housing units)
Area: 5.845993 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 60804

Cicero, IN (town, FIPS 12628)
Location: (40.127568, -86.018375)
Population (2000): 4,303 (1,811 housing units)
Area: 1.495243 sq mi (land), 0.433482 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 46034

Cicero, IL (township, FIPS 03114364)
Location: (41.845232, -87.759933)
Population (2000): 85,616 (24,640 housing units)
Area: 5.845993 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 60804

Cicero, IN (township, FIPS 15912646)
Location: (40.280265, -86.041999)
Population (2000): 8,350 (3,609 housing units)
Area: 67.570485 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 46034

Cicero, NY (town, FIPS 06715704)
Location: (43.173342, -76.097537)
Population (2000): 27,982 (11,033 housing units)
Area: 48.462414 sq mi (land), 0.047737 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 13039

Cicero, WI (town, FIPS 08714750)
Location: (44.544290, -88.446297)
Population (2000): 1,092 (384 housing units)
Area: 35.478417 sq mi (land), 0.007237 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Cicero

Cic"e*ro\, n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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