ciceronian

/sɪsəˈɹəʊnɪən/

Etymology

From the Latin Cicerōniānus.

Why this word is great

CICERONIAN — [Adjective] Of or relating to the eloquent rhetorical style of Marcus Tullius Cicero, characterized by balanced phrasing and formal elegance. From the Latin Cicerōniānus, pertaining to Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator and statesman. Unlike "Demosthenian" (which cuts with the precision of a scalpel) or "Tacitean" (which stings like a wasp), "Ciceronian" is a river in flood—measured, inexorable, and impossible to resist. It is the cadence of a statesman swaying a senate, the polished antitheses of a lawyer dismantling an opponent, the sonorous gravity of a philosopher contemplating mortality—language not as tool but as architecture, built to outlast the moment. To speak Ciceronian is to believe, if only for a moment, that words can impose order on chaos.

adj

Of or relating to Marcus Tullius Cicero, or the ideas in his philosophical treatises.
Eloquent, resembling Cicero’s style.“'But why should I attempt to depict and describe in detail, and feature by feature, the beauty of the peerless Dulcinea, the burden being one worthy of other shoulders than mine, an enterprise wherein the pencils of Parrhasius, Timantes, and Apelles, and the graver of Lysippus ought to be employed, to paint it in pictures and carve it in marble and bronze, and Ciceronian and Demosthenian eloquence”
With effusive use of antithesis and long sentences.

noun

One who adopts or favours Cicero's literary style.“One thing is observable in all the professed Ciceronians, namely, the using a multitude of words to express their meaning. This they learned from their master, since it cannot be denied that Cicero is rather verbose.”