actuosus Latin · revision 9833

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːk.tuˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ak.tuˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āctuōsus''' (feminine āctuōsa, neuter āctuōsum, adverb āctuōsē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|āctus|-ōsus|t1=impulse, motion, act]], like ⟨flexuōsus⟩ and ⟨quaestuōsus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨āctus⟩ is from [[m|la|agō|t=to do, drive]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨agō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ag-e/o-|t=to do, act]], from [[ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-e/o-|t=to drive, lead]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, ''āctuōsa virtūs'' “active virtue”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant marked by or full of activity, energetic, busy, as in Cicero, and Lewis & Short note the added idea of zeal and inner impulse, distinguishing it from ''industrius''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for practical, of the active way of life.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Full of activity, [[m|en|energetic]], busy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inactuosus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āctus]]

+ * [[agō]]

+ * [[āctīvus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}