actio

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin āctiō.

Noun

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actio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech.
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Latin

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Etymology

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From āctum +‎ -tiō, using the supine of agō (do, make).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension

  1. action; a doing or performing, behavior
    Synonyms: gestum, factum, facinus, rēs, coeptum, āctus
  2. public function, civil act
  3. (law) suit, process, action
  4. gesticulation made while speaking
  5. (drama) the action, plot, series of events

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āctiō āctiōnēs
Genitive āctiōnis āctiōnum
Dative āctiōnī āctiōnibus
Accusative āctiōnem āctiōnēs
Ablative āctiōne āctiōnibus
Vocative āctiō āctiōnēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • actio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • actio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • actio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • actio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • practical philosophy: philosophia, quae in actione versatur
    • the treatment of the piece: actio
    • delivery: actio (Brut. 38)
    • the delivery is rather halting, poor: actio paulum claudicat
    • a private, civil prosecution: actio, petitio
  • actio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • actio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

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Etymology

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act +‎ -io

Pronunciation

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Verb

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actio (first-person singular present actiaf)

  1. (acting) to act

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
actio unchanged unchanged hactio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “actio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies