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a division made by bees in a hive

  • 1 actus

    1.
    actus, a, um, P. a., from ago.
    2.
    actus, ūs, m. [ago].
    I.
    A.. The moving or driving of an object, impulse, motion: linguae actu, Pacuv. ap. Non. 506, 17:

    mellis constantior est natura... et cunctantior actus,

    Lucr. 3, 192:

    levi admonitu, non actu, inflectit illam feram,

    by driving, Cic. Rep. 2, 40:

    fertur in abruptum magno mons inprobus actu,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    pila contorsit violento spiritus actu,

    Sen. Agam. 432; hominum aut animalium actu vehiculum adhibemus, Cael. Aurel. Tard. 1, 1.— Hence,
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The right of driving cattle through a place, a passage for cattle:

    aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus,

    Cic. Caec. 26; Ulp. Dig. 8, 3, 1.—
    2.
    A road between fields; a cart- or carriage-way, Dig. 8, 1, 5; 8, 5, 4; 43, 19, 1 al.—And,
    3.
    A measure or piece of land (in quo boves aguntur, cum aratur, cum impetu justo, Plin. 18, 59): actus minimus, 120 feet long and 4 feet wide: quadratus, 120 feet square; and duplicatus, 240 feet long and 120 feet wide, Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 10; Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll. Also a division made by bees in a hive, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.
    II. A.
    In gen. (so not in Cic.; for Leg. 1, 11, inst. of pravis actibus, is to be read, pravitatibus;

    but often in the post-Aug. per.): post actum operis,

    Quint. 2, 18, 1:

    in vero actu rei,

    id. 7, 2, 41:

    rhetorice in actu consistit,

    id. 2, 18, 2:

    donec residua diurni actus conficeret,

    Suet. Aug. 78; so id. Claud. 30:

    non consenserat actibus eorum,

    Vulg. Luc. 23, 51.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Public employment, business of state, esp. judicial:

    actus rerum,

    jurisdiction, Suet. Aug. 32; id. Claud. 15, 23; also absol. actus, Dig. 39, 4, 16; 40, 5, 41 al.—
    2.
    The action accompanying oral delivery.
    a.
    Of an orator:

    motus est in his orationis et actus,

    Quint. 9, 2, 4; 11, 3, 140.—
    b.
    Of an actor: the representation of a play, a part, a character, etc.:

    neque enim histrioni, ut placeat, peragenda est fabula, modo in quocunque fuerit actu, probetur,

    Cic. de Sen. 19, 70:

    carminum actus,

    recital, Liv. 7, 2:

    histrionum actus,

    Quint. 10, 2, 11:

    in tragico quodam actu, cum elapsum baculum cito resumpsisset,

    Suet. Ner. 24.—Hence, also, a larger division of a play, an act:

    primo actu placeo,

    Ter. Hec. prol. 31:

    neque minor quinto, nec sit productior actu Fabula,

    Hor. A. P. 189, and trop. (in Cic. very often):

    extremus actus aetatis,

    Cic. de Sen. 2; id. Marcell. 9:

    quartus actus improbitatis,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 6; so id. Phil. 2, 14; id. Fam. 5, 12 al. [p. 26]

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > actus

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