actum

Latin

Etymology

From agō (“make, do”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tum/, [ˈäːkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.tum/, [ˈäkt̪um]

Participle

āctum

1. nominative neuter singular of āctus

   actum est de aliquo ― It is over for someone, the fate of someone is sealed

2. inflection of āctus:
   1. accusative masculine/neuter singular
   2. vocative neuter singular

Verb

āctum

1. accusative supine of agō

Noun

āctum

1. accusative singular of āctus

Related terms

• ācta
• āctus
• agō

References

• “actum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• actum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “actum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actum 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)
• actum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have all one's trouble for nothing: rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)
    
  • (ambiguous) rest after toil is sweet: acti labores iucundi (proverb.)
    
  • (ambiguous) it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me
    
  • (ambiguous) to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void: acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)