actio

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.ti.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.t͡si.o/

Noun

āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension

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

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• actio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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

Etymology

act +‎ -io

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaktjɔ/

Verb

actio (first-person singular present actiaf)

1. to act

Mutation

Further reading

• “actio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014