English

Proper noun

Actium

1. a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκτιον ‎(Áktion).

Proper noun

Actium n ‎(genitive Actiī); second declension

1. Actium (town in Epirus and site of a famous naval battle)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

References

• Actium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Actium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Actium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Áccio

Proper noun

Actium m

1. Actium (a promontory in Greece, the site of an ancient battle)