Actium

English

Etymology

From Latin Actium, from Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ti.əm/

Proper noun

Actium

1. A promontory in Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 B.C.

Translations

promontory

• Armenian: Ակտիում (Aktium), Ակտիոն (Aktion)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞克興／亚克兴 (yà kè xìng)

• Greek: Άκτιο n (Áktio)

  Ancient: Ἄκτιον n (Áktion)

• Italian: Azio f
• Japanese: アクティウム (akutiumu)
• Latin: Actium (la) n
• Portuguese: Actium m, Áccio m
• Russian: А́кций (Ákcij), А́кциум (Ákcium)
• Spanish: Accio m

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον (Áktion).

Proper noun

Actium n sg (genitive Actiī or Actī); second declension

1. Actium (A town and promontory in Acarnania and site of a famous naval battle)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Actium
genitive	Actiī Actī1
dative	Actiō
accusative	Actium
ablative	Actiō
vocative	Actium
locative	Actiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Actium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Actium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Áccio

Proper noun

Actium m

1. Actium (a promontory in Greece, the site of an ancient battle)