act (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To be activeII. To conduct oneself, behave1. ăgo2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3 (esp. with adv.)3. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (with refl. pron.)III. To perform on the stageIV. Of medicineB. Trans.1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 32. sustĭneo, tĭnui, tentum. 2 • act (v.): A. Intrans. I. To be active: ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: there is one time for acting, another for rest, aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi, Cic.: Maecenas was a man who knew how to act, erat M. agendi sciens, Vell. II. To conduct oneself, behave: 1. ăgo: we act handsomely towards them, praeclare cum iis agimus, Cic.: with acc. to denote the character in which a person acts: to act as a friend, amicum a., Tac.: to act as a subordinate, ministrum a., Suet. Also with refl. pron.: to act haughtily, ferociter se a., Tac.: Sall. 2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3 (esp. with adv.): to act well or ill, recte aut perperam f., Cic.: Licinius a.'d like a gentleman in coming to me, fecit humaniter L. quod ad me venit, Cic.: v. to do. 3. gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 (with refl. pron.): to act honourably, honeste se g., Cic.: to act as a citizen, se pro cive g., Cic.: to act shamefully upon an embassy, turpiter in legatione se g., Plin.: v. to behave oneself. Phr.: to act in such a way that, committere ut (also with inf. poet.): it is not like me so to act as to seem to have been negligent in correspondence, non est meum committere ut in scribendo negligens fuisse videar, Cic.: Caes.: to act cruelly towards any one, crudeliter in aliquem consulere, Liv.: Sall.: to act under the influence of passion and anger, cupidine atque ira grassari, Sall.: Tac. (v. to proceed). III. To perform on the stage: in scena esse, Cic.; in scenam prodire (the latter strictly to appear upon the stage): Nep. Pref. 5: Suet. (agere alone is simply to deliver, whether of an actor or an orator). Phr.: Domitian forbade players to act in public, D. interdixit histrionibus scenam, Suet.: to act and gesticulate upon the stage, gestum agere in scena, Cic. Or. 2, 57: v. infr. (trans.). IV. Of medicine: v. to operate. B. Trans.: to sustain a certain part, on the stage or fig.: 1. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3: to act a comedy, comediam a., Pl.: to act the principal part, primas partes a., Ter. (v. part): Laberius acted his own farce, Laberius mimum suum egit, Suet. Hence fig.: to act the part of a principal or subordinate, principem, ministrum a., Suet.: Tac.: v. supr. (intrans.). To act frequently, actĭto, 1: Aeschines, when a young man, had often acted tragedies, Aeschines adolescens tragoedias actitaverat, Cic. ap. Aug.: Valens often acted farces, Valens mimos actitavit, Tac.: v. to play. 2. sustĭneo, tĭnui, tentum. 2: I act three parts all alone, tres personas unus s., Cic.: Suet.
act (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The thing done1. factum2. acta, orum (esp. acts of public functionaries or which partook of a public character)3. actĭo (chiefly of official proceedings) the acts of the tribunes, actiones tribunorum, Caes.4. actus, ūs (rare)II. A division of a drama; actus, ūs • act (subs.): I. The thing done: 1. factum: he is not only innocent of the act, but free from even the suspicion of being accessory to it, non modo a facto sed etiam a conscientiae suspicione abest, Cic.: I am glad that my act is approved by you, meum factum abs te probari gaudeo, Caes. ap. Cic.: illustrious and glorious acts, facta illustria et gloriosa, Cic.: v. action, deed, exploit. 2. acta, orum (esp. acts of public functionaries or which partook of a public character): and do ye, who are overturning Caesar's laws, defend his acts? et vos acta Caesaris defenditis qui leges ejus evertitis? Cic.: the acts of your tribuneship, acta tui tribunatus, Cic.: plans first, then acts, afterwards results, consilia prima, deinde acta, postea eventus, Cic. 3. actĭo (chiefly of official proceedings) the acts of the tribunes, actiones tribunorum, Caes.: Liv.: v. proceedings. 4. actus, ūs (rare): v. action. Phr.: our friends the Stoics deny that to flee is the act of a wise man, Stoici nostri negant fugere sapientis, Cic.: for me now to inquire closely into these things is the act of an unreasonable father, nunc ea me exquirere iniqui patris est, Ter.: to commit hostile acts, hostilia facere, Sall.: Indutiomarus was caught in the very act of crossing the river, in ipso fluminis vado Indutiomarus deprehensus est, Caes.: when the soldiers were in the very act of scaling the walls, cum jam in eo esset, ut in muros miles evaderet, Liv. (the esset is impers.) An act of parliament (v. parliament): the acts of the Apostles, acta Apostolorum, Vulg. II. A division of a drama; actus, ūs: the fourth act, quartus actus, Cic.: let not a play either close before or extend beyond the fifth act, neve minor neu sit quinto productior actu fabula, Hor. Fig.: the last act of life, extremus actus aetatis, Cic.
ACT Copy link • ACT 1. v. Do, agere, facere (agere, like πράττειν, refers more to the simple acting than to the results of it; facere, like ποιεῖν, refers to the action qnd its results: to act well or ill, recte or male agere, and recte or male facere; but the latter only so far as the effect of the action is, or is not, what it should be). Behare. se gerere (e.g., shamefully). To act like a man, virum se praestare. Exert force, vim habere (not vim exserere, which is not Latin): efficacem esse (to work or be effective). The medicine acts, cincipitur venis medicamentum: does not act meicamentum imbecillius est quam morbus: the medicine acts so powerfully, tanta vis est medicamenti: the medicine acts well, commode facit (Cels.). To act upon anything, vim habere or exercere in aliquid: on anybody, aliquem or alicujus animum movere, commovere. It acts upon me in different ways, vanie afficior aliqua re. It acts differently upon me, aliquid aliter fero. To be in effective action; of things, in effectu esse (e.g., machines). Act a part on the stage, or in life, agere aliquem or alicujus partes; alicujus personam tueri (not alicujus personam agere): simulare aliquem, or with accusative and infinitive (to pretend to be anybody). Ludere aliquem unclassical; exhibere aliquem un-Latin. To act a play, fabulam agere (not fabulam docere, which is said of the auther only). To forbid the players to act, histrionibus ecenam interdicere (Su.). The players will not act to-night, *histriones hodie in scenam non prodibunt. 2. n., factum (what has been actually done): facinus (deed, contemplated as the act of a free agent, and as an evidence of strength of character, for good or for evil): opus (work; the product of a faciens). Acts, facta (general term): res gestae gesta, orum, sometimes res only (acts performed in the line of one’s duty or office; especially exploits, achievements in war): acta (actions performed according to particular rules; measures, e.g., of a politician): actiones (doings; goings on; implying a continued course. Herzog, ad B. Civ., 1, 5). Acts of the Apostles, *Apostolorum acta or res gestae. A noble act, egregie or egregium factum; facinus praeclarum. An immortal act, facinus or opus immortale. Honorable, glorious act, laudes, decora, plur. To perform an act, facinus facere, conticere; opus edere. A wicked act, facinus, flagitium scelus committere; scelus facere, perficere, admittere. In the very act, in manifesto facinore (e.g., to be caught, deprehendi; in re praesenti is, on the spot where the occurrence took place. Act of amnesty, oblivio sempiterna (Cic.): oblivio quam Athenienses ἀμνηστίαν vocant (Val. Max.): lex ne quis ante actarum rerum accusetur, neve multetur (a law). Vid: AMNESTY. Acts of a court, tabulae (general term): litterae publicae (archives) acta publica, or acta only (recorded proceedings of the Senate, people, or individual magistrates). To record in the acts, m acta referre. To be contained in the acts. in actis esse.