āctus
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaːk.tus/, [ˈäːkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.tus/, [ˈäkt̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of agō (“make, do”). Compare Sanskrit अक्त (akta, “driven”).
Participle
āctus (feminine ācta, neuter āctum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | āctus | ācta | āctum | āctī | āctae | ācta | |
| Genitive | āctī | āctae | āctī | āctōrum | āctārum | āctōrum | |
| Dative | āctō | āctō | āctīs | ||||
| Accusative | āctum | āctam | āctum | āctōs | āctās | ācta | |
| Ablative | āctō | āctā | āctō | āctīs | |||
| Vocative | ācte | ācta | āctum | āctī | āctae | ācta | |
Etymology 2
From agō (“I do, make, drive”) + -tus (suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs).
Noun
āctus m (genitive āctūs); fourth declension
- act, action, doing, deed [ synonyms ▲]
- performance, behavior
- a cattle drive, the act of driving cattle or a cart
- a cattle path or narrow cart track
- (historical units of measure) actus (a former Roman unit of length equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m))
- (historical units of measure) actus (a former Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha))
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | āctus | āctūs |
| Genitive | āctūs | āctuum |
| Dative | āctuī | āctibus |
| Accusative | āctum | āctūs |
| Ablative | āctū | āctibus |
| Vocative | āctus | āctūs |