actio

See also: Actio

English

Etymology

From Latin āctiō.

Noun

actio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a speech.

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension

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

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative āctiō āctiōnēs
    genitive āctiōnis āctiōnum
    dative āctiōnī āctiōnibus
    accusative āctiōnem āctiōnēs
    ablative āctiōne āctiōnibus
    vocative āctiō āctiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • >? Italian: lazzo

    Borrowings:

    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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “actio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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

    Welsh

    Etymology

    act +‎ -io

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈaktjɔ/

    Verb

    actio (first-person singular present actiaf)

    1. (acting) to act

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of actio (literary)
    singular plural impersonal
    first second third first second third
    present indicative/future actiaf ecti actia actiwn ectiwch, actiwch actiant ectir
    imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional actiwn ectit actiai actiem actiech actient ectid
    preterite ectiais ectiaist actiodd actiasom actiasoch actiasant actiwyd
    pluperfect actiaswn actiasit actiasai actiasem actiasech actiasent actiasid, actiesid
    present subjunctive actiwyf ectiech actio actiom actioch actiont actier
    imperative — actia actied actiwn ectiwch, actiwch actient actier
    verbal noun actio
    verbal adjectives actiedig
    actiadwy
    Conjugation of actio (colloquial)
    inflected
    colloquial forms     		singular plural
    first second third first second third
    future actia i,
    actiaf i     		acti di actith o/e/hi,
    actiff e/hi     		actiwn ni actiwch chi actian nhw
    conditional actiwn i,
    actswn i     		actiet ti,
    actset ti     		actiai fo/fe/hi,
    actsai fo/fe/hi     		actien ni,
    actsen ni     		actiech chi,
    actsech chi     		actien nhw,
    actsen nhw
    preterite actiais i,
    acties i     		actiaist ti,
    actiest ti     		actiodd o/e/hi action ni actioch chi action nhw
    imperative — actia — — actiwch —

    Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of actio
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    actio unchanged unchanged hactio

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “actio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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