Acte

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Actē, ēs, f., = Ἀκτή.

I Lit., coastland or maritime country; hence, the earlier name for Attica , the province of Middle Greece, in which Athens was situated, Plin. 4, 7, 11, 23; Gell. 14, 6.—

II One of the Horae , Hyg. Fab. 183.—

III A concubine of Nero , Suet. Ner. 28; Tac. A. 13, 12; Inscr. Orell. 735; 2885.

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