actum

Latin

Etymology

From agō (make, do).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaːk.tum/, [ˈaːk.tũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.tum/
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Noun

āctum

  1. negotiation, deal, treaty (usu. for peace)
    Titus Livius, The History of Rome (Book 2, Chapter 18):
    De pace actum est.The negotiation for peace is carried out.
  2. accusative singular of āctus

Participle

āctum

  1. nominative neuter singular of actus
  2. accusative masculine singular of actus
  3. accusative neuter singular of actus
  4. vocative neuter singular of actus

Verb

āctum

  1. supine of agō

References

  • actum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • actum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • actum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • actum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
    • (ambiguous) to have all one's trouble for nothing: rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)
    • (ambiguous) rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
    • (ambiguous) it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me
    • (ambiguous) to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void: acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)
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