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JtCRSPODIUM ( iiKpov and rob s), ii, the 
3 base or pedestal of a statue, dtcpondSiov, 
basis statu®. Ilygin. 
XCRoSTICHIS (aKpov, caput, and 
versus), Icliidis, f. an acrostic; a poem 
ill which the sum of the first letters in 
every line, taken in order, makes up a word, 
or words, expressive of the name of the 
person or thing on which the poem is writ¬ 
ten, aKpooTixis, vox Grceca Grace scri- 
benda, et usurpanda. Sidon. 
XCROTeRIA ( dKpuTijpia ), orum, n. plur. 
the top, ridge, height, summit of any 
thing, projection; vox Gr*ca, qu* sig- 
nificat summitates, extremitates, ver¬ 
tices cujuscumque rei ; hence capes, 
headlands, promontories; also, little pedes¬ 
tals placed at the tops of columns to support 
statues, or perhaps the images themselves. 
Vitruv. 
XCROTHyMILTM ( aKpoQvpiov ), ii, n. a 
kind of hard excrescence under the skin, a 
tubercle, a wart, wen, swelling. Cels. 
ACRUFOGIUS. See Aquifolius. 
aCTA (axrn), ®, f. the sea-shore, sea-coast, 
strand, lil;us maris, vel secessus in litore. 
Vox Grsca, sed quam usus in Latinum 
sermonem invexit. Probably to be 
found only in the abl. sing, and acc. 
and abl. plur. Ncpos. - IF Also, a 
pleasant retirement to the sea-sliorc; an 
estate on the sea-shore. Cic. 
aCTA (ago), orurn, n. plur.; it also occurs 
in the sing., actum, i, n. acts, actions, 
deeds, rd wpax^evra, res gestie, actiones, 
actus. Ovid. Si tamen acta Deos nun- 
quam mortalia fallunt. - IT Very 
often, glorious exploits. Ovid. Divitis 
ingenii est immania Caesaris acta Con- 
dere.-IT Item de rebus publice ges- 
tis a Senatu, a Magistratibus, ab Im- 
peratoribus, et significant turn leges, 
decreta, et jussa, turn ea omnia, qute 
ad rem publicam pertinentia quocum- 
que modo ab iis aguntur, acts, decrees, 
resolutions, orders in council, -repaypara. 
Cic. Acta Ctesaris servare. Sueton. 
Acta belli. Id. In acta alicujus jurare, 
quodfiebat quoties alicujus acta tarn sancta 
habebantur, ut Numinis instar essent. - 
IT Acta forensia, facts at law, common 
pleas, legal process. Pandect. -IT Acta 
publica, and acta, the public records, the 
registers in which the public acts were en¬ 
tered, btropvripaTa, avaypaipat. Plin. 
In publica acta mittere. Senec. Bene- 
ficium in acta non mitto, h. e. I do not 
divulge. Tacit. Acta patrum componere, 
h. c. perscribere.-IT Also, acta, acts, 
registers, boolcs, or journals, belonging to 
courts of judicature ; reports of adjudged 
cases. Paul. Digest. Acta circumdu 
cere, h. e. delere. Id. Actorum exem 
pla, reports of cases. -IT Actamilitaria, 
military records. VegeR -IT Ab actis, 
a notary, register, registrar. Inscript. 
_ apud Oruter. 
aCTAIoN, onis, m. ’ AktoUxiv, ovos, son 
of Aristaus and Autonoe, the daughter of 
Cadmus, changed by Diana into a stag, 
and torn in pieces by his own doe's. 
_ Ovid. 
AC'IVEuS (Acte), a, um, adject. Attic, 
3 Athenian, ’AnraTos, Atheniensis. Ovid. 
Act®i ignes, h. e. amores Bore* in 
Orithyiam puellam Atheniensem. Co- 
lum. Act*urn mel Ilymetti. Stat. im- 
bres Act®i, h. e. sparsio mellis. Id. 
Actica virgo, It. c. Minerva Athenarum 
Dea. -—- IT Also, relating to the sea¬ 
shore from acta, ami), litus. Virg. Am- 
phion Dire*us in Actcco Aracyntho. 
But this may be referred to the former. 
aCTe ( olkti] , a sea-coast), es, f. the terri¬ 
tory of Attica, 'Aerfi, regio Attic* ita 
quondam appellata, quia maxima ejus 
pars in litore posita est. Pini. - 
IT Acte is also a shrub, by some thought 
to be a species of the elder-tree, wallwort, 
or dwarf-cider, durii aypia. Plin. 
XCTKACiJS (Actium), a, um, adject, per¬ 
taining to the promontory and city Acti- 
um. Plin. Solicitudo Martis Actiaci, 
"■ a. the battle at Actium. Sueton. 
Actiaci ludi, h. e. quos Augustus in 
nonorem Apollinis dicavit, qui apud 
Actium templum habuit. Ovid. Actia- 
i ® frondes, h. e. laurea Apollini sacra. 
T « l ? (Acte), adis, adject, femin. an 
J •Athenian woman. Virg. - IT Actias 
o.tTpatJV, h. c. conquered at Actium. Stat. 
ACTI5 (ago), onis, f. an act, action, ope¬ 
ration, irpa^is, generation accipitur pro 
omni operations, atque actu. Cic. Ac¬ 
tiones appetitionibus consentane*. Id. 
Actio vit®, h. e. vita, qu® in actione 
consistit, active life, the business of life, 
manner of passing life. -IT Actio gra- 
tiarum, a giving of thanks, the act of ren¬ 
dering thanks. Cic. -IT Also, business, 
management, negotiation, treaty. Cic. 
Suscipere actionem aliquam_IT In 
oratory, and the drama, the action, or 
delivery of a speech: qu® etiam pronun- 
ciatio dicitur, vicbupicrii. Cic. -IT Also, 
a speech before a court, particularly in sup¬ 
port of an accusation, an accusation, in¬ 
formation, charge, ypa<pi), tiLKij. Cic. - 
IT Among jurists, an action at law, ar¬ 
raignment, judicial process. Cic. Dare ali- 
cui actionem alicujus rei, h. e. dare alicui 
potestatem agendi in judicio de re ali- 
qua : quod est Pr*toris, aut Judicis. Id. 
Actionem postulare, to call for leave to 
raise an action. Id. Actionem instituere, 
to draw up a process. Id. Actionem alicui 
intendere, to bring an action against one. 
Quintil. Actio competit in° aliquem, 
h. e. potest aliquis in judicium vocari. 
Sueton. Restituere actionem iis, qui 
formula exciderunt, leave to bring in a 
fresh writ. Ulpian. Agere actione ali- 
qua, to commence an action. -TT Also, a 
form of process, writ, form to be observed 
in raising or maintaining an action, ju¬ 
dicial proceeding. Cic. 
aCTITQ (ago), as, a. 1. frequentat. to be 
1 in the habit of acting, to plead frequently. 
Tacit. Actitare mimos. Cic. Actitare 
_ multas causas. 
ACTIUM (’ ! Aktiov), ii, n. now Capo Fi- 
galo, a promontory and city near the en¬ 
trance of the Ambracian gulf, where Au¬ 
gustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra. 
_ Sueton. 
aCTIuNCOLA (actio), *, f. dimin. a 
2 short oration, or treatise ; a brief inf orma- 
_ tion, or accusation. Plin. 
aCTIOS (Actium), a, um, adject, pertain- 
3 ing to Actium. Propert. Actius Phffi- 
bus, h. c. qui magnifico templo ab 
Augusto amplificato apud Actium cole- 
batur. 
aCTIVOS (ago), a, um, adject, consisting 
2 in action, active, effective, qiractical, ivep- 
yyriKds, npamiKos, qui agit, seu in 
actione consistit: to this word is op¬ 
posed contemplativus, qui solam rerum 
meditationem importat sine actione. 
Senec. 
ACTOR (Id.), oris, m. one that puts in 
motion, qui agit. Stat. flex® Balearicus 
actor habens, h. e. fundam in gyrum 
agens, antequam lapidem jaciat. - 
V Also, an agent, doer, worker , performer , 
6 xparriov, quifacit. Cic. Dux, auctor, 
actor rerum illarum. -IT Often, an 
actor, comedian, player. Cic. Gestus 
summorum actorum. - IT Also, a 
pleader. Cic. Moloni Rhodio et actori 
summo causarum, et magistro. - 
V Also, a plaintiff. Ulpian. Digest. - 
IT Also, an agent, steward, procurator, 
proctor, manager of affairs for others, 
dioiKyriii, TTpayparevrys. Erat autem 
hie plerumque e servorum numero, 
honestiore tamen pr* ceteris loco, et 
gradu. Ulpian. -IT Actor summarum 
pecuniam tantum, et ejus rationes 
tractabat. Sueton. - IT Actor publi- 
_ cus, the factor of the emperor. Tacit. 
aCTORIDeS (’AurdpiSns), sc, m. Patro- 
clus, the grandson of Actor. Ovid. 
aCTRIX (actor), Tcis, f. a female whopre- 
3 fers an action before a court of justice, a 
female plaintiff. Impp. Constantin, et 
Licin. Cod. 
aCT&aRIOLUM (actuarium), i, n. a 
_ small barge, pinnace. Cic. 
aCTOaRIuS (ago), a, um, adject, nimble, 
light, agilis, levis, qui facile agi, et im- 
pelli potest. Hence, actuaria navis, 
qu® mole parva cito agi facile potest: 
ideoque liumilior ceteris est, et turn 
velis, turn remis instruitur, a frigate, or 
brigantine, a light galley, afiy-boat, pin¬ 
nace. Cais. -IT Actuaria, absol. and 
actuarium, sc. navigium, are used in 
the same sense. Cic. -IT Actuarius 
limes, a lane, generally 12 feet broad. 
_ Ilygin. 
aCTOaRIOS TId.),^i, m. a public notary, 
short 
clerk, register, writer, scribe; 
land writer. Sueton. 3 
A CrUM, i. n. See Acta, orum. 
AC PPM EST, and ACTA RES EST(Id.), 
all is urcr, fll hope is lost, ’tis all over, 
we are undone. Plaut. Actum hodie esl 
de me, I ion utterly ruined. Cic. Actum 
jam de istoo.st. 
aCTuoSe (aci-(osus), adverb, actively, 
carne stly, vigorously. Cic. 
aCTOoSOS (ago), a, um, adject', active, 
1 ever active, busy, effective, practical, ac- 
tivus, ab agendo non cessans, tt pan rind;. 
Cic. V irtus actuosa. 
aC IDS (ago), us, m. a road between fields 
for beasts of burden^ &.C., tv-pass, semita 
inter agros ducta, qua aimenta, et 
vehicula agi, hoc est duci possunt. 
Est enim h*c priraa, et naturalis notio 
vei'bi Ago. -IT Also, the right to drive 
beasts of burden or a vehicle between fields. 
Ulpian. -TT Also, a space or measure 
of ground .• minimus, quadratus, et du- 
plicatus. Actus minimus was 120 feet 
by4; quadratus, 120 square; dbplieatus, 
120 by 240. Varr. -TT Also, actio, ac¬ 
tion, act, doing, npa^is- Quintil. In cete¬ 
ris actibus vit®.-TT Also, cursus, im¬ 
petus, impulsus, motion of a thing, im¬ 
pulse. Virg. Fertur in abruptum mag- 
no mons iinprobus actu.-TT Often, 
the management, direction, or administra¬ 
tion of affairs, repayparela. Trajan. 
Cum ad pristinum actum reversus 
fuerit. - TT Also, stewardship. Mar¬ 
tian. Actum gerere, h. e. actoremesse 
- TT Sometimes, negotium, res ge- 
renda, business, employment. Sueton. 
Residua diurni actus, the residue of his 
daily business. Senec. In actu mori, to 
die employed. Quintil. Attrita quotidi- 
ano actu forensi ingenia, exercised at the 
bar. - TT Actus rerum, the manage¬ 
ment of causes, the method of proceeding. 
Sueton. -TT Also applied to the Dies 
fasti, b. e. the days oil which courts were 
held. Sueton. - TT By jurists some¬ 
times used in opposition to verba or vox, 
fact, act, deed. Ulpian. -TT Applied to 
stage-players and dancers, feats, ges¬ 
tures. Sueton. -TT Also, the acts into 
which plays are divided. Horat. -. 
TT Figur., in this sense, for part, act. 
Cic. Hie restat actus. 
aCTOS (ago), a, um, partic. led, conduct¬ 
ed, driven away, ductus. Liv. Cum 
act® boves ad desiderium relictarum 
fugissent.-TT Also, impulsus, com- 
pulsus, tossed or driven about. Horat. 
illeNotis actus ad Oricum.-TTAlso, 
admotus, brought up or near. Virrr. 
Accelerant pariter acta testudine Vol- 
sci.-TT Also, infixus, immissus,dW»- 
en, thrown. Colum. Pali in parietes ve- 
hementer acti. Virg. Hasta acta per 
armos. -- TT Also, sparsus, diffusus, 
spread, diffused. Virg. ignea venis Om¬ 
nibus acta sitis.-TT Also, agitatus, 
agitated, beaten about. Virg. Nunc ea- 
dem fortuna viros tot casibus actos In- 
sequitur.-TT Also, coactus, driven to 
it, forced, compelled. Virg. Prodigiis acti 
c®lestibus.-TT Also, factus, perfec- 
tus, finished, achieved, performed, done. 
Sallust. Postquam de rebus Vacc® actis 
comperit.-TT Also, transactus, past, 
over. Virg. melior quoniam pars acta 
diei.-TT Actavita, h. e. ante acta, life 
spent, gone by. Cic. Conscientia bene 
act® vit*.-TT Actum or acta agere, 
and actam rem agere, to tire one’s self 
to no purpose, to spend one’s time idly, 
to bottle moonshine. Cic. Tu, malum, 
inquies, actum ne agas. Liv. Scio 
multis videri, rem actam liodierno die 
agi--IT Actum habere quod egeris, 
_ to approve, to set down as well done. Cic 
aCTuTUM^ (Id.), forthwith, anon, pres- 
1 ently, dvrina, confestim, sine dilations 
Cj'c. Ego mortem actutum futuram puto. 
XCuLEaTOS (aculeus), a, um, adject 
that hath a sting, Kevrpcord ?, aculeum 
habens; et dicitur de apibus, vespis, 
scorpionibus, et aliis animalibus cauda 
ferientibus. Plin. -TT Applied also 
to plants, &c., prickly, sharp-pqinted. 
Plin. Aculeat® herb®.-TT Aculeatl 
etiam dicuntur quidam pisces, qui ros¬ 
trum, vel spinas aculeatas liabenc. Plin. 
- TT Aculcatus ictus, qui aculeo fit, 
made by a sting. Plin. -TT ihgur 
