Cicero — meaning in English

English meaning

• Cicero noun A unit of measurement in printing, equal to about 4.5 millimetres, used mainly in continental Europe as the counterpart to the English pica.

Senses

Cicero is used for these senses in English:

• Cicero The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).
• cicero (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.