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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:B.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,Transf.1.The right of driving cattle through a place, a passage for cattle:2.aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus,
Cic. Caec. 26; Ulp. Dig. 8, 3, 1.—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;B.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.—Esp.1.Public employment, business of state, esp. judicial:2.actus rerum,
jurisdiction, Suet. Aug. 32; id. Claud. 15, 23; also absol. actus, Dig. 39, 4, 16; 40, 5, 41 al.—The action accompanying oral delivery.a.Of an orator:b.motus est in his orationis et actus,
Quint. 9, 2, 4; 11, 3, 140.—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]
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