actio

See also: Actio

Latin

Etymology

From āctum +‎ -tiō, using the supine of agō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

Noun

āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension

  1. action; a doing or performing, behavior
  2. public function, civil act
  3. (law) suit, process, action
  4. gesticulation made while speaking
  5. (drama) the action, plot, series of events

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āctiō āctiōnēs
Genitive āctiōnis āctiōnum
Dative āctiōnī āctiōnibus
Accusative āctiōnem āctiōnēs
Ablative āctiōne āctiōnibus
Vocative āctiō āctiōnēs

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • actio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • practical philosophy: philosophia, quae in actione versatur
    • the treatment of the piece: actio
    • delivery: actio (Brut. 38)
    • the delivery is rather halting, poor: actio paulum claudicat
    • a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio
  • 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)

  1. to act

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future actiaf acti actia actiwn actiwch actiant actir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional actiwn actit actiai actiem actiech actient actid
preterite actiais actiaist actiodd actiasom actiasoch actiasant actiwyd
pluperfect actiaswn actiasit actiasai actiasem actiasech actiasent actiasid, actiesid
present subjunctive actiwyf actiech actio actiom actioch actiont actier
imperative — actia actied actiwn actiwch actient actier
verbal noun actio
verbal adjectives actiedig
actiadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future actia i, actiaf i acti di actith o/e/hi, actiff e/hi actiwn ni actiwch chi actian nhw
conditional actiwn i, actiswn i actiet ti, actiset ti actiai fo/fe/hi, actisai fo/fe/hi actien ni, actisen ni actiech chi, actisech chi actien nhw, actisen nhw
preterite actiais i, acties i actiaist ti, actiest ti actiodd o/e/hi action ni actioch chi action nhw
imperative — actia — — actiwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
actio unchanged unchanged hactio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “actio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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