1. Plural of cicero; a unit of type size equal to 12 points, used in printing and typography.
Usage: technical; printing
2. Plural of Cicero; eloquent orators or skilled speakers, named after the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Usage: allusive; often capitalized in singular form

Examples

• The printer adjusted the text to fit within 15 ciceros per line.
• In typography, ciceros are commonly used in European printing standards.
• The conference featured several ciceros who delivered passionate speeches on political reform.
• Ancient Rome produced many ciceros whose rhetoric influenced Western thought for centuries.