proper noun · neutersecond declension
Actium
Actium n sg (genitive Actiī or Actī)
Meaning
- neutersingularActium (a town and promontory in Acarnania and site of a famous naval battle)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Actium | — |
| genitive | Actiī Actī | — |
| dative | Actiō | — |
| accusative | Actium | — |
| ablative | Actiō | — |
| vocative | Actium | — |
| locative | Actiī | — |
Actĭum, i, n.
I. A promontory and town in Epirus, on the Ambracian Gulf (now La Punta), where Augustus conquered Antony and Cleopatra, 31 B. C., and, in commemoration of it, repaired the temple of Apollo, which existed there, and revived the Actian games, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Cic. Fam. 16, 6.—
II. A harbor in Corcyra, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Actium ī, n
, Ἄκτιον, a promontory of Acarnania, C., L.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).