Cicero
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin Cicero, a cognomen in reference to warts (cicer = chickpea). The Latinate form, based on the nominative, displaced Middle English Ciceroun, based on the oblique stem.
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Cicero
Translations [edit]
Roman statesman and orator
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From cicer (“chickpea”), a reference to his warts.
Proper noun [edit]
Cicerō (genitive Cicerōnis); m, third declension
- An agnomen held by Marcus Tullius Cicero, a great statesman and orator
Declension [edit]
| nominative | Cicerō |
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| genitive | Cicerōnis |
| dative | Cicerōnī |
| accusative | Cicerōnem |
| ablative | Cicerōne |
| vocative | Cicerō |