actus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin āctus (“a cattle drive; a cattle path; units of length and area”). Doublet of act. === Noun === actus (plural actus or acti) (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m) (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area, equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha) ==== Meronyms ==== (units of area): juger, jugerum (2 acti) === References === "actus, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. === Anagrams === scuta == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === actus f plural of actu == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaːk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈak.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of agō (“make, do”). Compare Sanskrit अक्त (akta, “driven”). ==== Participle ==== āctus (feminine ācta, neuter āctum); first/second-declension participle made, done, having been done ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === From agō (“to do, make, drive”) +‎ -tus (suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs). ==== Noun ==== āctus m (genitive āctūs); fourth declension (abstract) a setting in motion, impulse, motion a cattle drive, the act of driving cattle or a cart a cattle path or narrow cart track (concrete) act, action, doing, deed Synonyms: āctiō, factum, rēs, gestum, facinus actum est de aliquo ― It is over for someone, the fate of someone is sealed a doing, performing; a performance the representation of a play or other public show a part, a character an act in a play (figurative) a period, part extrēmus āctus aetātis ― the last act of one's life (historical units of measure) actus (a former Roman unit of length equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m)) (historical units of measure) actus (a former Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha)) ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Meronyms ===== (unit of length): pēs (1⁄120 āctūs) (unit of area): decempeda (1⁄144 āctūs); clima (1⁄4 āctūs); iugerum (2 āctūs); hērēdium (4 āctūs); centuria (400 āctūs); saltus (1600 āctūs) ===== Derived terms ===== āctuārius āctuō āctuōsus āctūtum ===== Related terms ===== ācta ===== Descendants ===== === References === “actus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “actus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers actus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication "actus", 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) “actus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “actus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “actus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin