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FromLatināctus(“acattledrive; acattlepath;units oflength andarea”).Doublet ofact.

actus (pluralactusoracti)

1. (historical units of measure) AformerRomanunit oflength,equal to 120Roman feet (about 35.5 m)
2. (historical units of measure) AformerRomanunit ofarea,equivalent to asquare withsides of 1 actus (about 0.125ha)

• (units of area):juger,jugerum(2 acti)

• "actus,n.", in theOxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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actus f

1. plural ofactu

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tus/,[ˈäːkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈak.tus/,[ˈäkt̪us]

Perfect passive participle ofagō(“make, do”). CompareSanskritअक्त(akta,“driven”).

āctus (feminineācta,neuterāctum);first/second-declension participle

1. made,done, having been done.

First/second-declension adjective.

Fromagō(“I do, make, drive”) +‎-tus(suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs).

āctus m (genitiveāctūs);fourth declension

1. act,action,doing,deed

   Synonyms:āctiō,factum,rēs,gestum,facinus

   actumestdealiquo ―It is over for someone,the fate of someone is sealed

2. performance,behavior
3. acattledrive, theact ofdrivingcattle or acart
4. acattlepath ornarrowcarttrack
5. (historical units of measure)actus(aformerRomanunit oflengthequal to 120Roman feet (about 35.5 m))
6. (historical units of measure)actus(aformerRomanunit ofareaequivalent to asquare withsides of 1actus (about 0.125ha))

Fourth-declension noun.

• (unit of length):pēs(¹⁄₁₂₀ āctūs)
• (unit of area):decempeda(¹⁄₁₄₄ āctūs);clima(¹⁄₄ āctūs);iugerum(2 āctūs);hērēdium(4 āctūs);centuria(400 āctūs);saltus(1600 āctūs)

• āctuārius
• āctuō
• āctuōsus
• āctūtum

• ācta

• “actus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “actus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actus inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025),Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• "actus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• actus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • an act:actus
    
  • (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 simplyactum 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) a good conscience:conscientia recta, recte facti (factorum), virtutis, bene actae vitae, rectae voluntatis
    
  • (ambiguous) to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void:acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)
    
  • (ambiguous) amnesty (ἀμνηρτία):ante actarum (praeteritarum) rerum oblivio or simplyoblivio
    
• “actus”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “actus”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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