different between tacitus vs cicero

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of tace?.

Participle

tacitus (feminine tacita, neuter tacitum); first/second-declension participle

1. (pass.) that is passed over in silence, not spoken of, kept secret, unmentioned
   1. that is done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent, implied, tacit
   2. that is done or exists in silence; secret, hidden, concealed
2. (act. or neut.) that does not speak, not uttering a sound, silent, still, quiet, noiseless, mute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: tàcit
• French: tacite
  • English: tacit
• Italian: tacito
• Portuguese: tácito
• Romanian: tacit
• Spanish: tácito

References

• tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tacitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tacitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tacitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• tacitus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's 1467 Roman edition of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?s??o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?s????/
• Hyphenation: ci?ce?ro

Noun

cicero (plural ciceros)

1. (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.

Translations

See also

• pica

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cicero m (definite singular ciceroen, indefinite plural ciceroar, definite plural ciceroane)

1. (typography) cicero

See also

• pica
• punkt

References

• “cicero” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.