actor

actor, ōris, m. [ago].

• 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, A. 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.).

1. āctor, ōris, m. (ago), I) der In-Bewegung-Getzer, Treiber, pecoris, der Hirte, Ov. her. 1, 95: habenae, Schleuderer, Stat. Ach. 1, 419. – II) der theatralisch Darstellende, der Darsteller, Spieler, Vertreter einer Rolle, suorum carminum, Liv.: secundarum et tertiarum partium, Cic.: alienae personae, Cic. – dah. absol., der Schauspieler, Akteur übh., Cic. – III) der eine Verrichtung übernimmt: 1) im allg., der Verrichter, Vollzieher, Besorger, Vermittler u. dgl., rerum, Cic.: actor auctorque, Besorger u. Berater, Nep.: dux, auctor, actor illarum rerum, Cic. – 2) insbes., a) der etw. öffentl. verhandelt, -beantragt usw., der öffentliche Redner, Cic. de legg. 3, 40 u.ö. – b) als gerichtl. t.t., der einen Prozeß betreibt, jmd. vor Gericht belangt, der Kläger, Cic. partit. or. 110: und da gew. die Prozesse von Rechtsgelehrten geleitet wurden, der Sachwalter vor Gericht, Ter. heaut. prol. 12 u. 13. Cic. div. in Caecil. 1: causarum, Cic. Brut. 307. – c) in spät. Zeit jeder Verwalter des Vermögens, der Güter eines Privatmannes, einer Gemeinde, der Geschäftsführer, Rechnungsführer, Hausverwalter, Schatzmeister, Plin. ep., ICt. u.a.: actor summarum, Kassenrendant, Suet.: actor publicus, der die Staatsgüter verwaltete, die Einkünfte berechnete usw., Staatsbeamter, Plin. ep. u. Tac.: actor praedii, Cod. Iust. u. Inscr.: actor equitii, Gestütsverwalter, Col.

actor [CL] 1 agent, doer. b author (of book; cf. auctor). si Deus ‥ agens et ~or, faciens et factor, non jam proprie sed modo quodam translationis nominatur Eriug. Per. 513A.  b hoc ‥ patet per ~orem Sex Principiorum Bacon XIII 240; solum hoc dicit ~or [sc. Physicorum] Ib. 347; tota philosophia et ~ores clamant quod solum sunt decem predicamenta Ib. III 292. 2 agent (on behalf of another): a town-reeve; b (eccl.). a s912 obiit Aðulf in Norðhymbriis oris, qui tum praeerat ~ori oppidi Bebbanburgh condicto Æthelw. IV 4; villicus vel ~or vel curator, ‥ tungerefa Ælf. Gl..  b 1219 si non admittantur tanquam veri procuratores, ‥ eosdem admitti volumus ut ~ores Pat 197; c1250 quod nemo religiosus ‥ vel clerici ‥ ~ores vel administratores ‥ in negociis secularibus fiant Reg. Aberd. II 13; 1445 nostros veros et legitimos procuratores, ~ores, factores, sindicos Cart. Osney IV 126. 3 plaintiff (esp. civil and canon law). libellus iste ab ~ore judici tradatur Ric. Angl. Summa 7; 1205 procurator episcopi, quum esset reus a re ‥, immo et a reatu ‥, ~or effectus est Chr. Evesham 151; c1250 in processibus causarum tam ~or quam reus ‥ juramentum ‥ prestent corporale StatCantab 209; 12‥ si canonice monitus non destiterit, ~or a jure siquid sibi competat cadat; reus, si consenciat, pro convicto habeatur Conc. Scot. II 20; 1253 controversia inter dominum T. ‥ ~orem ‥ ex una parte et ‥ abbatem et conventum ‥ ex altera ‥ coram justiciar’ Scocie Reg. Aberbr. I 226; ne ipse rex per seipsum vel justiciarios suos sine paribus ~or sit et judex Bracton 119b; 1259 officialis ‥ prefatam mulierem ab impeticione prefati W. ~oris ‥ diffinitive absolvit Cl 19; 1269 de querelis factis non poterit aliquid relaxari nisi ex consensu ~oris vel rei CBaron 79; rex [Willelmus II], causam esse veram ‥ autumans, ~orem ‥ tuebatur Fordun V 22.

1 āctŏr, (10) 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 lʼinstigateur et lʼexécuteur ; auctorem actoremque habere aliquem Nep. Att. 3, 2, trouver en qqn un homme de conseil et dʼaction ¶ 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 lʼaction oratoire, orateur : Cic. de Or. 3, 213 ; Or. 61 ; Quint. 1, 10, 35 ¶ 5 celui qui plaide une affaire [dʼordinaire 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.

actor , oris. m.
行作者。原吿。戲子。莊頭。— causarum 包詞訟者。

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āctor ōris, m

• 1 AG-, a driver: pecoris, a shepherd, O.— An agent, doer, performer, actor: hunc actorem auctoremque habebant, worker and counsellor, N.: orator verborum, actorque rerum: publicus, manager of public property, Ta.—In law, an accuser, complainant, plaintiff, prosecutor: huic ego causae ... actor accessi: constitutus, official prosecutor.—He who delivers an oration, the speaker, C.—A player, actor: tertiarum partium: alienae personae: suorum carminum actor, L.

ACTOR

ACTORgenerally means a plaintiff in a civil action, but is sometimes used for a prosecutor in a public or criminal trial. The plaintiff in a civil action is also called petitor, and one who prosecutes another for a crime accusator (Cic. ad Att. 1.1. 6; Dig. 48, tit. 2). The defendant was called reus, both in private and public causes; reus, however, in a general sense, meant a party to an action or other legal proceeding, and so is used by Cicero for the plaintiff as well as the defendant (De Orat. 2.43). In a private action the defendant was often called adversarius but either party might be called adversarius in opposition to the other. As free persons who were under potestas had no independent property, they could not, as a rule, be plaintiffs in an action, but certain actions could be maintained by filii, as well as patres familias (Dig. 9, 44, 7). In respect to peculium castrense and quasi-castrense a filius familias was in the position of an independent person. Actions on behalf of wards (pupilli) who were below the age of seven were brought by their guardian (tutor); actions on behalf of wards above the age of seven were either brought by their guardian, or, as was more commonly the case, the action was brought in the name of the ward with the sanction (auctoritas) of the guardian. Peregrini or aliens could not maintain an action under the early form of procedure called legis actio; in later procedure, partly by means of feigned assumptions of citizenship (Gaius, 4.37), they became capable of suing and being sued. Persons who appeared in actions as representatives of the parties directly concerned were called cognitores or procurators [ACTIO]. A universitas or corporate body was represented for the purposes of procedure by an agent, who was called actor or syndicus (Dig. 3, tit. 4).

Actor has also the sense of an agent or manager of another's business generally; so a slave who was given the management of an estate, and put over other slaves, is termed actor. (Plin. Ep. 3.19.2; Paul. Sent. 3.6, 47, 48.)

The actor publicus was the officer who had the superintendence or care of slaves belonging to the state ; he was himself a slave or freedman. In the case mentioned by Pliny (Plin. Ep. 7.18.2) the actor publicus was the representative of the community (respublica) of Comum (Tac. Ann. 2.30; 3.67-Z2).

The actor rerum privatarum nostrarum was the manager of the emperor's private estate (Cod. Justin. 3.26, 9).

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ACTOR

ACTORin the theatre. [HISTRIO]

Actor

In general, a plaintiff. In a civil or private action, the plaintiff was often called petitor; in a public action (causa publica) he was called accusator. The defendant was called reus, both in private and public causes: this term, however, according to Cicero, might signify either party, as indeed we might conclude from the word itself. In a private action the defendant was often called adversarius, but either party might be called adversarius with respect to the other. (See Actio.) A universitas, or corporate body, sued and was sued by its actor or syndicus.

Actor has also the sense of an agent or manager of another's business generally. The actor publicus was an officer who had the superintendence or care of slaves and property belonging to the State.

Actor

on the stage. See histrio.