Actium
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English
Etymology
From Latin Actium, from Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Actium
- a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
Translations
promontory
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).
Proper noun
Actium n sg (genitive Actiī or Actī); second declension
- Actium (town in Epirus and site of a famous naval battle)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Actium |
| Genitive | Actiī Actī1 |
| Dative | Actiō |
| Accusative | Actium |
| Ablative | Actiō |
| Vocative | Actium |
| Locative | Actiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Actium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Actium m
- Actium (a promontory in Greece, the site of an ancient battle)