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’s 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 (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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