1. actus — Lewis & Short
actus, a, um, P. a., from ago.
The corpus record — Latin
actus2
actus2 · P. a
P. a., from ago
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Where it lives
- Quomodo Substantiae in Eo Quod Sint Bonae Sint Cum Non Sint Substantialia Bona 3 · 21.85/10k
- De Otio 4 · 20.4/10k
- Amphitruo 10 · 10.17/10k
- De Paenitentia 4 · 9.82/10k
- Mercator 7 · 8.17/10k
- Persa 6 · 7.63/10k
- Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 2 · 7.53/10k
- Mostellaria 6 · 6.24/10k
- Bacchides 6 · 6.08/10k
- Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 3 · 5.45/10k
- Truculentus 4 · 4.88/10k
- Antoninus Pius 1 · 4.46/10k
Densest 12 of 91 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. actus — Lewis & Short
actus, ūs, m.ago.
I. A. The moving or driving of an object, impulse, motion: linguae actu, Pacuv. ap. Non. 506, 17:
mellis constantior est natura ... et cunctantior actus,Lucr. 3, 192:
levi admonitu, non actu, inflectit illam feram,by driving, Cic. Rep. 2, 40:
fertur in abruptum magno mons inprobus actu,Verg. A. 12, 687:
pila contorsit violento spiritus actu,Sen. Agam. 432; hominum aut animalium actu vehiculum adhibemus, Cael. Aurel. Tard. 1, 1.— Hence,
B Transf.
1 The right of driving cattle through a place, a passage for cattle:
aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus,Cic. Caec. 26; Ulp. Dig. 8, 3, 1.—
2 A road between fields; a cart- or carriage-way, Dig. 8, 1, 5; 8, 5, 4; 43, 19, 1 al.—And,
3 A measure or piece of land (in quo boves aguntur, cum aratur, cum impetu justo, Plin. 18, 59): actus minimus, 120 feet long and 4 feet wide: quadratus, 120 feet square; and duplicatus, 240 feet long and 120 feet wide, Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 10; Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll. Also a division made by bees in a hive, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.
II The doing or performing or a thing, an act, performance.
A In gen. (so not in Cic.; for Leg. 1, 11, inst. of pravis actibus, is to be read, pravitatibus;
but often in the post-Aug. per.): post actum operis,Quint. 2, 18, 1:
in vero actu rei,id. 7, 2, 41:
rhetorice in actu consistit,id. 2, 18, 2:
donec residua diurni actus conficeret,Suet. Aug. 78; so id. Claud. 30:
non consenserat actibus eorum,Vulg. Luc. 23, 51.—
B Esp.
1 Public employment, business of state, esp. judicial:
actus rerum,jurisdiction, Suet. Aug. 32; id. Claud. 15, 23; also absol. actus, Dig. 39, 4, 16; 40, 5, 41 al.—
2 The action accompanying oral delivery.
a Of an orator:
motus est in his orationis et actus,Quint. 9, 2, 4; 11, 3, 140.—
b Of an actor: the representation of a play, a part, a character, etc.:
neque enim histrioni, ut placeat, peragenda est fabula, modo in quocunque fuerit actu, probetur,Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:
carminum actus,recital, Liv. 7, 2:
histrionum actus,Quint. 10, 2, 11:
in tragico quodam actu, cum elapsum baculum cito resumpsisset,Suet. Ner. 24.—Hence, also, a larger division of a play, an act:
primo actu placeo,Ter. Hec. prol. 31:
neque minor quinto, nec sit productior actu Fabula,Hor. A. P. 189, and trop. (in Cic. very often):
extremus actus aetatis,Cic. de Sen. 2; id. Marcell. 9:
quartus actus improbitatis,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6; so id. Phil. 2, 14; id. Fam. 5, 12 al.
In the wild
- actutum Apuleius, Metamorphoses 7.23
- actutum Plautus, Amphitruo 1.2
- actu Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 p2
- actu Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.18.2
- actu Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.31
- actu Prudentius, Cathemerina 6.40
6 of 255 attestations shown.
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