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Actius

Actius, of Actium

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Actius , a, um: adj. (poet. for Actiacus, from Actium), pertaining to Actium, a promontory and town of Epirus, celebrated as the scene of the decisive victory of Augustus over Antony and Cleopatra, in B.C. 31; Actian, 3.280.
Actĭus, a, um, adj. poet. for Actiacus,
  • pertaining to Actium: ludi, Verg. A. 3, 280; 8, 675; 704; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 61; Phoebus, as having a temple at Actium (v. Actium), Prop. 4, 6, 67.
Actĭus, i, m.,
  • a proper name, Suet. Tib. 47.

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