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
- 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.
- Titus Livius, The History of Rome (Book 2, Chapter 18):
- accusative singular of āctus
Participle
āctum
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)
- (ambiguous) I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
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