proper noun · masculinethird declension
Cicerō
Cicerō m sg (genitive Cicerōnis)
Classical[ˈkɪ.kɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiː.t͡ʃe.ro]
Meaning
- The cognomen (final name) of Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC), a Roman statesman and orator.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cicerō | — |
| genitive | Cicerōnis | — |
| dative | Cicerōnī | — |
| accusative | Cicerōnem | — |
| ablative | Cicerōne | — |
| vocative | Cicerō | — |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- haec Ciceronis fere
- this is very much what Cicero said.
- ut Ciceronis verbis utar
- to use Cicero's expression; to say with Cicero (not ut cum Cicerone loquar).
- Cicero loco quodam haec dicit
- Cicero says this somewhere.
- Ciceronis de philosophia libri
- Cicero's philosophical writings.
- ut ait Cicero (always in this order)
- as Cicero says.
- Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)
- Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus.
- aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
- to make extracts from Cicero's writings.
- Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
- Cicero says in his "Laelius."
Cĭcĕro, ōnis, m., = Κικέρων,
I. a Roman cognomen in the gens Tullia.
I. M. Tullius Cicero, the greatest of the Roman orators and writers; born on the 3d of January, 106 B.C. (648 A.U.C.), at Arpinum (hence Arpinae chartae, Mart. 10, 19, 17);
assassinated, at the age of sixty-three years, by the soldiers of Antonius, 43 B.C. (711 A.U.C.): ille se profecisse sciat, cui Cicero valde placebit, Quint. 10, 1, 112; Juv. 10, 114 al.— Hence, B. Cĭcĕrōnĭānus, a, um, adj., Ciceronian:
simplicitas, Plin. praef. § 22: mensa, id. 13, 16, 30, § 102: aquae, in the villa of Cicero, at Puteoli, medicinal to the eyes, id. 31, 2, 3, § 6.—Subst.: Ciceronianus es, non Christianus, i. e. a follower of Cicero, Hier. Ep. 22, n. 30.—II. Q. Tullius Cicero, the brother of I., whose work, De petitione consulatūs, is yet extant.
Origins
From cicer (“chickpea”) + -ō (suffix forming cognomina). This may probably be in reference to an ancestor’s warts, as none can be seen in any of his portrayals (during a time when it was commonplace for artists to sculpt their clients as they were).
Descendants
- CatalanCiceró
- ItalianCicerone
- EnglishCicerofrom unknown Cicerō
- GermanCicerofrom unknown Cicerō
- PortugueseCícerofrom unknown Cicerō
- FrenchCicéronfrom unknown Cicerōnem
- OccitanCicerounfrom unknown Cicerōnem
- SpanishCicerónfrom unknown Cicerōnem
- GreekΚικέρωνfrom Ancient Greek Κικέρων
- DanishCicerofrom unknown Cicerō
In English words that came into English from Cicerō
- ciceroneCicerōnem