FromLatinActium, fromAncient GreekἌκτιον(Áktion).
Actium
- Apromontory inAcarnania inAncient Greece whereMark Antony andCleopatra were defeated byOctavian in a naval battle in 31 B.C.
FromAncient GreekἌκτιον(Áktion).
Actium n sg (genitiveActiīorActī);second declension
- Actium(atown and promontory inAcarnania and site of a famous naval battle)
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
- “Actium”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Actium”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Actium”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Actium m
- Actium (apromontory inGreece, the site of an ancient battle)