actio

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin āctiō. === Noun === actio (uncountable) (rhetoric) The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech. ==== Related terms ==== actio popularis == Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, āctum +‎ -tiō, using the supine of agō (“do, make”). The term is perhaps also comparable in form to Umbrian 𐌀𐌇𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌌 (ahtimem), though the etymology of this term is uncertain. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaːk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.t͡si.o] === Noun === āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension action; a doing or performing, behavior Synonyms: gestum, factum, facinus, rēs, coeptum, āctus public function, civil act (law) suit, process, action gesticulation made while speaking (drama) the action, plot, series of events ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== agō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “actio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “actio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "actio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “actio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “actio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “actio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Welsh == === Etymology === act +‎ -io === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaktjɔ/ === Verb === actio (first-person singular present actiaf) (acting) to act ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== actor (“actor”) actores (“actress”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “actio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies