actum

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Latin

Etymology

From agō (make, do).

Pronunciation

Participle

āctum

  1. nominative neuter singular of āctus
    actum est de aliquoIt is over for someone, the fate of someone is sealed
  2. inflection of āctus:
    1. accusative masculine/neuter singular
    2. vocative neuter singular

Verb

āctum

  1. accusative supine of agō

Noun

āctum

  1. accusative singular of āctus

References

  • actum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • actum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • actum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • actum 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)
  • actum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
    • (ambiguous) to have all one's trouble for nothing: rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)
    • (ambiguous) rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
    • (ambiguous) it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me
    • (ambiguous) to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void: acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)