actusn.

Brit.

/ˈaktəs/, U.S.

/ˈæktəs/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin āctus.

Etymology: < classical Latin āctus linear land measure (see act n.).

Roman History.

A Roman linear measure of land, equal to 120 Roman feet (approx. 116.5 English feet or 35.5 metres). Also: a measure of land area equivalent to one half of a juger, or 120 by 120 Roman feet.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > ancient Roman units

actusa1398

centurya1398

jugera1398

scruplea1690

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > stadium (ancient Greek or Roman unit) > ancient Roman units

mileeOE

actusa1398

Roman foot1538

Roman mile1627

sextula1656

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxix. 1381 Tweye actus makeþ iugerum... Iugerum actum is two hundred foote and fourty in lengþe, and sixe score foote in brede.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. iii. 550 (heading) Of Iugerum, and Actus.

1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I Actus, among the ancient architects, signified a measure in length equal to 120 Roman feet.

1832 J. C. Hare & C. Thirlwall tr. B. G. Niebuhr Hist. Rome II. 162 After the Latin war an assignment of 2¾ jugers was made in one district, and of 3¼ in another, a like surface of fifty actus was divided among eighteen and fifteen persons respectively.

1912 S. Jones Compan. Rom. Hist. ii. 70 The better preserved part of the wall on the Esquiline is shown by the breaking of the joints to fall into sections, 120 Roman feet ( = one actus) in length.

2003 Corinth 20 294/2 Clear evidence of the planning is visible around the Roman harbor installation, where a series of 1 actus-wide insulae is bordered by 30 foot-wide roadways.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	actus
释义	actusn. Brit. /ˈaktəs/, U.S. /ˈæktəs/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin āctus. Etymology: < classical Latin āctus linear land measure (see act n.). Roman History. A Roman linear measure of land, equal to 120 Roman feet (approx. 116.5 English feet or 35.5 metres). Also: a measure of land area equivalent to one half of a juger, or 120 by 120 Roman feet. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > ancient Roman units actusa1398 centurya1398 jugera1398 scruplea1690 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > stadium (ancient Greek or Roman unit) > ancient Roman units mileeOE actusa1398 Roman foot1538 Roman mile1627 sextula1656 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxix. 1381 Tweye actus makeþ iugerum... Iugerum actum is two hundred foote and fourty in lengþe, and sixe score foote in brede. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. iii. 550 (heading) Of Iugerum, and Actus. 1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I Actus, among the ancient architects, signified a measure in length equal to 120 Roman feet. 1832 J. C. Hare & C. Thirlwall tr. B. G. Niebuhr Hist. Rome II. 162 After the Latin war an assignment of 2¾ jugers was made in one district, and of 3¼ in another, a like surface of fifty actus was divided among eighteen and fifteen persons respectively. 1912 S. Jones Compan. Rom. Hist. ii. 70 The better preserved part of the wall on the Esquiline is shown by the breaking of the joints to fall into sections, 120 Roman feet ( = one actus) in length. 2003 Corinth 20 294/2 Clear evidence of the planning is visible around the Roman harbor installation, where a series of 1 actus-wide insulae is bordered by 30 foot-wide roadways. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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