A person who practices or advocates for Ciceronianism; a scholar or speaker who strictly imitates Cicero's style and language.
From Ciceronian plus the agent suffix -ist, meaning 'one who practices or believes in.' Used since the Renaissance to describe devoted followers of Cicero's literary style.
Some ciceronianists were so strict about purity that they'd correct even the Pope's Latin—imagine being that committed to perfect grammar that you'd fact-check religious authority!
Agent noun derived from Ciceronianism; carries masculine institutional legacy of classical scholarship dominated by male scholars.
Use to describe practitioners of Ciceronian style or philosophy regardless of gender.
["classical rhetorician","eloquence practitioner"]
Female classical scholars contributed substantially to Ciceronian studies yet remained excluded from institutional recognition.
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