actor

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

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.

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