Actium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Actium, from Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæk.ti.əm/ === Proper noun === Actium A promontory in Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 B.C. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion). === Proper noun === Actium n sg (genitive Actiī or Actī); second declension Actium (a town and promontory in Acarnania and site of a famous naval battle) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Actium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Áccio === Proper noun === Actium m Actium (a promontory in Greece, the site of an ancient battle)