actor Copy link Outline I. One who drives or moves somethingII. In gen., he who does any thing, a doer ...A. In gen. of every kind of actionB. In judicial lang., one who brings an action ...C. At a later period, an agent or attorney; ...D. In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; ...2. A player, an actor ⓘāctor: masc nom/voc sgActor: masc nom sg • actor, ōris, m. [id.]. I. One who drives or moves something: pecoris actor, Ov. H. 1, 95: habenae, a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.— II. In gen., he who does any thing, a doer or performer (cf. ago, II.). A. In gen. of every kind of action: ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. πρηκτῆρα ἔργων, Il. 9, 443): Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit, id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.— B. In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff: accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello, Cic. Part. 32; esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro, id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence, C. At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.— D. In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator: inventor, compositor, actor, Cic. Or. 19.— 2. A player, an actor: actores secundarum et tertiarum partium, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).
Actor Copy link Outline I. A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500 ...II. An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, ... ⓘActor: masc nom sg • Actor, ŏris, m. I. A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.— II. An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308.
āctŏr Copy link Outline 1 celui qui fait mouvoir, avancer : conducteur de troupeau || qui fait ...2 celui qui fait : il fut de tout cela l'instigateur et l'exécuteur ...3 celui qui représente, qui joue : Livius qui jouait ses propres pièces ...4 celui qui parle avec l'action oratoire, orateur :5 celui qui plaide une affaire [d'ordinaire en accusateur] : || [en défenseur] ...6 qui agit pour qqn, agent subalterne [époque impériale] : || agent du ... ⓘāctor: masc nom/voc sgActor: masc nom sg • 1 āctŏr, ōris, m. (ago), 1. celui qui fait mouvoir, avancer : pecoris Ov. H. 1, 95, conducteur de troupeau || habenæ Stat. Ach. 1, 134, qui fait mouvoir la courroie de la fronde, frondeur 2. celui qui fait : auctor, actor illarum rerum fuit Cic. Sest. 61, il fut de tout cela l'instigateur et l'exécuteur ; auctorem actoremque habere aliquem Nep. Att. 3, 2, trouver en qqn un homme de conseil et d'action 3. celui qui représente, qui joue : Livius suorum carminum actor Liv. 7, 2, 8, Livius qui jouait ses propres pièces ; alienæ personæ Cic. de Or. 2, 194, jouant un personnage étranger || acteur Cic. de Or. 1, 118 ; 128, etc. 4. celui qui parle avec l'action oratoire, orateur : Cic. de Or. 3, 213 ; Or. 61 ; Quint. 1, 10, 35 5. celui qui plaide une affaire [d'ordinaire en accusateur] : Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 2 ; 1, 10 ; 5, 179, etc. || [en défenseur] : Cic. Sest. 75 ; 144 ; Balbo 4 6. qui agit pour qqn, agent subalterne [époque impériale] : Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 19, 2 ; Col. Rust. 1, 8, 5 || actor publicus Tac. Ann. 2, 30, agent du trésor public, cf. Ann. 3, 67 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 36 ; summarum Suet. Dom. 11, caissier.
Actōr Copy link Outline 1 père de Ménœtius, grand-père de Patrocle || -ĭdēs, æ, m. , descendant ...2 personn. divers : . ⓘāctor: masc nom/voc sgActor: masc nom sg • 2 Actōr, ŏris, m., 1. père de Ménœtius, grand-père de Patrocle || -ĭdēs, æ, m., descendant d'Actor : Ov. M. 13, 273 ; F. 2, 39 ; Tr. 1, 9, 29 2. personn. divers : Virg. En. 6, 485 ; 9, 500 ; 12, 94.
actor Copy link ⓘāctor: masc nom/voc sgActor: masc nom sg ACTOR [1], oris, Astyoches pater, apud Homer. Iliad. 2, 513. […] 🗁 Page Scan
actor Copy link ⓘāctor: masc nom/voc sgActor: masc nom sg ACTOR [2], oris. m. [πράκτωρ] Qui agit. Cic. pro Sext. 61 c. 28 […] 🗁 Page Scan
actor Copy link Outline I. One who actsII. A performer of plays1. actor (which also denotes a pleader, etc., and should not be used unless it is clear from the context that a stage-actor is meant)2. histrio, ōnis, m. (used of all kinds of theatrical performers3. lūdius and lūdio, ōnis, m. (an inferior kind of dancing player)4. an actor in a tragedy5. an actor in a comedy6. mīmus, f. mīma7. artĭfex scēnĭcus • actor: I. One who acts: actor: a speaker of words and an a. of things, orator verborum actorque rerum, Cic.: v. doer. II. A performer of plays: 1. actor (which also denotes a pleader, etc., and should not be used unless it is clear from the context that a stage-actor is meant): good poets and diligent a.s are wont to be most careful in the last act, poetae boni et a. industrii in extremo actu diligentissimi esse solent, Cic.: a first-rate a., a. summus, Cic.: to tolerate bad a.s on the stage, in theatro malos a. perpeti, Cic.: Hor. Also a. scenicus, Quint. 2. histrio, ōnis, m. (used of all kinds of theatrical performers: v. inf. 5): as to the a. a certain delivery, to the dancer a certain movement is assigned, ut histrioni actio, saltatori motus certus est datus, Cic.: to hiss an a. off the stage, h. exsibilare, explodere, Cic.: a miserable a., pessimus h., Cic.: an a. of tragedies or comedies, comoediarum aut tragoediarum h., Plin. 3. lūdius and lūdio, ōnis, m. (an inferior kind of dancing player): Liv.: Cic. 4. an actor in a tragedy: trăgoedus, m.: the orator needs the voice of a tragic a., vox tragoedorum est requirendus (oratori), Cic.: Hor. 5. an actor in a comedy: cōmoedus, m.: the man who was not even reckoned among the worst of theatrical performers, became the first of comic a.s, qui ne in novissimis erat histrionibus, ad primos venit comoedos, Cic. 6. mīmus, f. mīma: only used of performers in pantomime: Cic.: Ov. 7. artĭfex scēnĭcus: Sen.: Gell.
ACTOR Copy link • ACTORartifex scenicus (general term): actor scenicus or actor only (actor, the most respectful term): histrio (the middle term: player): ludio, ludius (the lowest term: pantomimic performer; a player and dancer). Tragic actor, Tragoedus. Comic actor, Comoedus. Company of actors, familia histrionum; grex histrionum.