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How do you pronounce Cicero?

I pronounce Cicero this way:

  • ki-kero

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • chi-chero = tshi-tshero

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • tsi-tsero

    Votes: 5 38.5%

  • some other way

    Votes: 8 61.5%
  • Total voters
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Let me explain: I am not asking: What is the "correct" way to pronounce this name.
I am only asking: How do you personally pronounce this name?
 
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman lawyer, philosopher, rhetorician and statesman who lived from 3 January 106 BC to 7 December 43 BC. Cicero is often considered as Rome's leading orator and writer of prose and had a huge influence on the Latin language.
The correct pronunciation of Cicero in Latin is with a hard "c"; therefore it is pronounced KIH-keh-roh. Cicero is often also pronounced as CHIH-cheh-roh or SIH-seh-roh. The reason for these differing pronunciations is because of the different varieties of Latin used. In Classical Latin, the "c" was pronounced with a hard "c", thus a "k" sound. Most likely KIH-keh-roh is how Cicero's name would have been pronounced during his time, when Classical Latin was spoken. Subsequently, in Ecclesiastical Latin, the "c" was pronounced with a "ch" sound, which is still typical in Italian, therefore pronouncing Cicero as CHIH-cheh-roh
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Here is some info :)
 
Some more info:

Throughout the history of the church, singers have sung their Latin in ways closely related to the habits of pronunciation in their own languages. As a result one can give no single set of rules for the correct performance of Latin sacred music from all times and places. If you listen to a number of recordings, you will soon notice a number of different ways of treating the language. Nevertheless, the following will give some general hints for a practice based on an Italian foundation that has been widely used in the United States.
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My answer:

When speaking classic Latin, I say: ki-kero
When speaking English Latin, I say: chi-chero = tshi-tshero
When speaking German Latin, I say: tsi-tsero
 
sis-er-long o
 
I would pronounce it sih-seh-roh, but

The correct pronunciation of Cicero in Latin is with a hard "c"; therefore it is pronounced KIH-keh-roh. Cicero is often also pronounced as CHIH-cheh-roh or SIH-seh-roh.

How to pronounce Cicero [Explained]

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Rumpel said:
Let me explain: I am not asking: What is the "correct" way to pronounce this name.
I am only asking: How do you personally pronounce this name?
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My2Cents said:
I would pronounce it sih-seh-roh, but

The correct pronunciation of Cicero in Latin is with a hard "c"; therefore it is pronounced KIH-keh-roh. Cicero is often also pronounced as CHIH-cheh-roh or SIH-seh-roh.

How to pronounce Cicero [Explained]

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Its sih-seh-roh for me as well. Mainly I read the name for a loooong time before ever hearing anyone pronounce it. And when I first read the name the pronounciation my mind leaned towards waz sih-se-roh
 
Rumpel said:
Again I say:
Interesting!
What is your mother language?
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Don't know, I never met her. I was adopted. It's the way I've always heard it pronounced growing up in eastern PA.
 
Rumpel said:
Let me explain: I am not asking: What is the "correct" way to pronounce this name.
I am only asking: How do you personally pronounce this name?
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What's the purpose here? Is it a trick question?


Here's one for you: How do you pronounce Pliny? As in Pliny the Elder?
 
Sis-ero is the common pronunciation in the US.
 
Donatello said:
Sis sir row. Why is this a topic?
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That's the Rumpel menu. All items on the Rumpel menu are like that. Maybe it is an acquired taste. I love them. They are refreshing break from the regular heated, acrimonious topics of the forum
 
Some question:

I know several ways how to pronounce the c in other languages:

k
ts
tsh

Now some here pronounce it thus: s

Which tradition is that? :)
 
Rumpel said:
Some question:

I know several ways how to pronounce the c in other languages:

k
ts
tsh

Now some here pronounce it thus: s

Which tradition is that? :)
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A soft "c" is pronounced "s" as in cell, city, decision, receive, license, distance, recently, pronounce, juicy, and cylinder. A hard "c" is pronounced "k"' as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, and ache. And is English as far as I know.
 
craig said:
A soft "c" is pronounced "s" as in cell, city, decision, receive, license, distance, recently, pronounce, juicy, and cylinder. A hard "c" is pronounced "k"' as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, and ache. And is English as far as I know.
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Soft c as well
 
I have just found this:

"Sisero" and "Seezer" are standard English pronunciations, just like saying "Rome" and "Italy" rather than "Roma" and "Italia." You're welcome to call Caesar "kaesar" if you want, but insisting on it while not being consistent will make you look a bit weird, as you're noticing.
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All clear!


So "Cicero" in English is often pronounced the way that "Caesar" is pronounced.

All clear!
 
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