Actium

English

Etymology

From Latin Actium, from Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.ti.əm/

Proper noun

Actium

  1. a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).

Proper noun

Actium n (genitive Actiī); second declension

  1. Actium (town in Epirus and site of a famous naval battle)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Actium
Genitive Actiī
Dative Actiō
Accusative Actium
Ablative Actiō
Vocative Actium
Locative Actiī

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

Proper noun

Actium m

  1. Actium (a promontory in Greece, the site of an ancient battle)
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