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Cato

[ key-toh ]

noun

  1. Marcus Por·ci·us [pawr, -shee-, uh, s, -sh, uh, s], the Elderorthe Censor, 234–149 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
  2. his great-grandson Marcus Porcius the Younger, 95–46 b.c., Roman statesman, soldier, and Stoic philosopher.


Cato

/ ˈkeɪtəʊ /

noun

  1. CatoMarcus Porcius234 bc149 bcMRomanPOLITICS: statesmanWRITING: writer Marcus Porcius (ˈmɑːkəsˈpɔːʃɪəs), known as Cato the Elder or the Censor. 234–149 bc , Roman statesman and writer, noted for his relentless opposition to Carthage
  2. CatoMarcus Porcius95 bc46 bcMRomanPOLITICS: statesmanMILITARY: generalPHILOSOPHY: philosopher his great-grandson, Marcus Porcius, known as Cato the Younger or Uticensis. 95–46 bc , Roman statesman, general, and Stoic philosopher; opponent of Catiline and Caesar
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Cato

  1. A politician of ancient Rome , known for his insistence that Carthage was Rome's permanent enemy. He had a custom of ending all his speeches in the Roman senate with the words “Carthage must be destroyed.”


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In Washington, for instance, “recreational marijuana generated approximately $70 million in tax revenue in the first year of sales — double the original revenue forecast,” Cato said.

“The events this year with Ukraine led to his ties with Cato being severed,” a source at the think tank told The Daily Beast.

Through a spokesperson, Klaus does not deny that he and Cato parted ways.

Klaus espouses inflammatory views on a variety of subjects, some of which Cato happily embraced.

Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute.

People are reading “way too much into this report,” said Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Cato pronounced the cabbage the finest vegetable known, and the turnip figures in the well-known anecdote of Manius Curius .

Cato was faithful to the sacred cause of liberty, and disdained to survive it; and now for the fiddle.

Addison's "Cato" was to be spouted in public by the schoolchildren.

But at all events there was nothing which the veriest Cato could denounce as demoralizing.

I was this morning at the rehearsal of Mr. Addison's play, called "Cato," which is to be acted on Friday.

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