| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Cicero, Marcus Tullius |
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| DATES: | 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. | | OTHER FORMS: | Cic e·ro ni·an —ADJECTIVE
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